High capacity topological coding based on nested vortex knots and links

Ling-Jun Kong; Weixuan Zhang; Peng Li; Xuyue Guo; Jingfeng Zhang; Furong Zhang; Jianlin Zhao; Xiangdong Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30381-w

Nature Communications (May 2022)

High capacity topological coding based on nested vortex knots and links

Ling-Jun Kong,
Weixuan Zhang,
Peng Li,
Xuyue Guo,
Jingfeng Zhang,
Furong Zhang,
Jianlin Zhao,
Xiangdong Zhang

Affiliations

Ling-Jun Kong: Key Laboratory of advanced optoelectronic quantum architecture and measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Weixuan Zhang: Key Laboratory of advanced optoelectronic quantum architecture and measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Peng Li: MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xuyue Guo: MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Jingfeng Zhang: Key Laboratory of advanced optoelectronic quantum architecture and measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Furong Zhang: Key Laboratory of advanced optoelectronic quantum architecture and measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Jianlin Zhao: MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xiangdong Zhang: Key Laboratory of advanced optoelectronic quantum architecture and measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30381-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Robust and high capacity optical coding will be at the base of future developments of information transfer and storage. Here the authors develop a topological all-optical coding scheme, which possesses good stability and a high capacity, using nested vortex knots and links.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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