Experimental Demonstration and Characterization of a Non-Mode Selective (De)Multiplexer Using Multi-Plane Light Converter (MPLC)

PLUTO / PLUTO-2 Spatial Light Modulators
Optical Communication Optical Computing / Quantum Optics
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Authors: S. R. Thapa, S. Smith-Dryden, Z. Zhu, S. S. Pang and G. Li
Abstract:

We experimentally demonstrate the use of a multi-plane light converter (MPLC) as a non-mode selective (de)multiplexer for converting Hermite-Gaussian (HG) modes into a Hadamard matrix of fundamental Gaussian spots and vice versa. We interferometrically measure and characterize the complex output of the device and successfully demonstrate the conversion between HG modes and Hadamard matrices of Gaussian spots. The MPLC non-mode selective (de)multiplexers can be useful for versatile control of spatial properties of light beams with potential applications in beam shaping, coherent beam combining, and wavefront synthesis.

Open Access

Publication: IEEE Photonics Journal
Issue/Year: IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1-6, April 2024, Art no. 7200606
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3377705
Link: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3377705

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