Highly-twisted states of light from a high quality factor photonic crystal ring

Xiyuan Lu; Mingkang Wang; Feng Zhou; Mikkel Heuck; Wenqi Zhu; Vladimir A. Aksyuk; Dirk R. Englund; Kartik Srinivasan

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36589-8

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Highly-twisted states of light from a high quality factor photonic crystal ring

Xiyuan Lu,
Mingkang Wang,
Feng Zhou,
Mikkel Heuck,
Wenqi Zhu,
Vladimir A. Aksyuk,
Dirk R. Englund,
Kartik Srinivasan

Affiliations

Xiyuan Lu: Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mingkang Wang: Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Feng Zhou: Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mikkel Heuck: Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Wenqi Zhu: Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Vladimir A. Aksyuk: Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dirk R. Englund: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kartik Srinivasan: Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36589-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Twisted light in the form of orbital angular momentum (OAM) can provide an additional spatial dimension for information transmission. Here, the authors demonstrate a prescription for OAM generation using photonic crystal ring resonators, in which high cavity quality factors (up to 106) are retained.

Published in Nature Communications

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