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Directional Orbital Angular Momentum Generator with Enhanced Vertical Emission Efficiency

  • Tran, Thang Q.;Kim, Sangin
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.292-297
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    • 2019
  • We propose a ring resonator-based orbital angular momentum carrying vortex beam generator design with high vertical directional emission efficiency. By adopting a vertically asymmetric grating structure in the ring resonator, optimized for enhanced vertical emission, an emission efficiency in one direction reaches as high as 78%, exceeding the 50% theoretical limit of previously designed vertically symmetric grating-assisted ring resonator-based structures.

Photonic Quasi-crystal Fiber for Orbital Angular Momentum Modes with Ultra-flat Dispersion

  • Kim, Myunghwan;Kim, Soeun
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.298-303
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    • 2019
  • We propose a photonic quasi-crystal fiber (PQF) for supporting up to 14 orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes with low and ultra-flat dispersion characteristics over the C+L bands. The designed PQF which consists of a large hollow center and quasi structural small air holes in the clad region exhibits low confinement losses and a large effective index separation (>$10^{-4}$) between the vector modes. This proposed fiber could potentially be exploited for mode division multiplexing and other OAM mode applications in fibers.

Acousto-optic generation of orbital angular momentum states of light in a tapered optical fiber

  • Song, Changkeun;Park, Hee Su;Song, Kwang Yong;Kim, Byoung Yoon
    • Current Applied Physics
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    • v.18 no.11
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    • pp.1441-1446
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    • 2018
  • We demonstrate an acousto-optic mode converter based on a tapered optical fiber to efficiently generate orbital angular momentum states of light. In our scheme an acoustic wave is deployed to the waist of tapered optical fiber where two degenerate $HE_{21}$ modes leading to +1 and -1 orbital angular momentum eigen-modes are resonantly excited. The excitation of $TM_{01}$ and $TE_{01}$ modes is suppressed by enlarging the intermodal index difference between near-degenerate spatial modes. Numerical calculation for optimization of the taper diameter is provided. The experimental characterization of generated states is performed by analyzing the output far-field pattern and the spatial interference fringes with a uniform reference beam.

Wideband Rectangular Planar Monopole Antenna for OAM Wave Generation

  • Qasem, Nidal;Alamayreh, Ahmad
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.55-59
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    • 2021
  • Generating electromagnetic waves with Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) properties is a fast-growing research subject in both radio and optics. This paper describes the generation of OAM carrying waves using a circular array of rectangular planar monopole antennas. The proposed design combines simplicity, compactness, and most importantly very wideband of operating frequencies (about 20-160 GHz, bandwidth ratio about 1:8) which makes it suitable for future applications.

Microwave Orbital Angular Momentum Mode Generation and Multiplexing Using a Waveguide Butler Matrix

  • Lee, Wangjoo;Hong, Ju Yeon;Kang, Min Soo;Kim, Bong Su;Kim, Kwang Seon;Byun, Woo Jin;Song, Myung Sun;Cho, Yong Heui
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.336-344
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we propose a convenient microwave orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode generation and multiplexing method operating in the 18 GHz frequency band, based on a $2{\times}2$ uniform circular array and a $4{\times}4$ Butler matrix. The three OAM modes -1, 0, and +1 were generated and verified using spatial S-parameter measurements; the measured back-to-back mode isolation was greater than 17 dB in the full 17 GHz to 19 GHz range. However, the radiated OAM beam centers were slightly dislocated and varied with both frequency and the mode index, because of the non-ideal characteristics of the Butler matrix. This resulted in mode isolation degradation and transmission distance limitations.

A Three-layered Optical Waveguide of Second-order Orbital Angular Momentum Mode Guiding for Photonic Integrated Circuit (3층 구조를 가지는 광 집적회로용 2차 궤도 각운동량 광 도파로)

  • Lee, In-Joon;Kim, Sang-In
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.645-650
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, a specifically designed waveguide structure that can carry first, and second-order orbital angular momentum(: OAM) mode is proposed. The proposed optical waveguide consists of three Si stripes embedded in $SiO_2$, which is suitable for implementing on-chip integration and fabrication by standard thin film deposition and etching processes. The second-order OAM mode was generated by combining two eigenmodes, which are calculated by finite difference method(: FDM). The topological charge number of the first, and second-order OAM mode was calculated as l=0.9642 and 1.8766 respectively, which is close to the theoretical value.

Silicon Electro-optic Orbital Angular Momentum Sign Modulator for Photonic Integrated Circuit (광 집적회로용 실리콘 기반 궤도 각운동량 부호 변환기)

  • Lee, In-Joon;Kim, Sang-In
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.659-664
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we propose a silicon-based electro-optic (EO) modulator which can modulate a sign of a topological charge number l of |l|=1 orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode. The proposed EO modulator consists of position-dependent doped Si waveguide core and undoped SiO2, cladding, which enables control of the effective index and propagation loss of two OAM constitutive eigenmodes. The modulator functions as OAM mode maintaining waveguide at -0.33V and as topological charge sign inverter at 10V. The output OAM mode purity is calculated through electric field distribution, showing high purity of |l|>0.92 in both cases.

The Spin-Orbit Alignment of Dark Matter Halo Pairs: Dependence on the Halo Mass and Environment

  • An, Sung-Ho;Yoon, Suk-Jin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.35.1-35.1
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    • 2019
  • We present a statistical analysis on the spin-orbit alignment of dark matter halo pairs in cosmological simulations. The alignment is defined as the angular concurrence between the halo spin vector (${\vec{S}}$) and the orbital angular momentum vector (${\vec{L}}$) of the major companion. We identify interacting halo pairs with the mass ratios from 1:1 to 1:3, with the halo masses of 10.8 < $Log(M_{halo}/M_{sun}$) < 13.0, and with the separations smaller than a sum of their virial radii ($R_{12}<R_{1,vir}+R_{2,vir}$). Based on the total energy ($E_{12}$), the pairs are classified into flybys ($E_{12}$ > 0) and mergers ($E_{12}{\leq}0$). By measuring the angle (${\theta}_{SL}$) between ${\vec{S}}$ and ${\vec{L}}$, we confirm a strong spin-orbit alignment signal such that the halo spin is preferentially aligned with the orbital angular momentum of the major companion. We find that the signal of the spin-orbit alignment for the flyby is weaker than that for the merger. We also find an unexpected excess signal of the spin-orbit alignment at $cos{\theta}_{SL}{\sim}0.25$. Both the strength of the spin-orbit alignment and the degree of the excess depend only on the environment. We conclude that the halo spin is determined by the accretion in a preferred direction set by the ambient environment.

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