• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 11, 1959 (2023)
Nannan Li1、†, Qi Zou1、†, Yizhi Lan1, Yaqi Wang1, Jun Zhang1, Michael Somekh1、2、3、4、*, Changjun Min1、5、*, Fu Feng1、2、6、*, and Xiaocong Yuan1、2、7、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Nanophotonics Research Center, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 2Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China
  • 3Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
  • 4e-mail: michael.somekh@nottingham.ac.uk
  • 5e-mail: cjmin@szu.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: fufeng@zhejianglab.com
  • 7e-mail: xcyuan@szu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.502760 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Nannan Li, Qi Zou, Yizhi Lan, Yaqi Wang, Jun Zhang, Michael Somekh, Changjun Min, Fu Feng, Xiaocong Yuan, "On-chip sorting of orbital angular momentum beams using Bloch surface wave structures," Photonics Res. 11, 1959 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Owing to their unique optical properties and new degrees of freedom, orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams have been applied in various fields. Detection of the topological charges (TCs) of OAM beams is the key step for their applications. However, on-chip sorting of OAM beams with large TCs still remains a challenge. In this paper, Bloch surface wave (BSW) structures with five semi-ring shaped nanoslits are modeled. A spatial separation of 135 nm on the chip is obtained between two neighboring OAM states. OAM beams with TCs up to 35 can be successfully sorted by the BSW structures, which is much larger than that using metallic structures (only seven). BSW structures exhibit better OAM sorting performances than metallic structures. We systematically show how the lower attenuation of BSW structures leads to far superior separation ability compared to surface plasmons propagating on metallic structures. In addition, sorting of two OAM beams with different TCs simultaneously can be achieved in this way. Our results reveal that BSW structures should be an excellent solution for OAM sorting with large TCs, which is beneficial for applications in integrated on-chip devices and optical communications.
    E(r,φ)=0π|r0r|12exp[i(l+s)φ]exp(ikBSW|r0r|)dφ,

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    xj=sgn(j)μj2πλBSW,

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    λBSW=λ0neff=λ0nsinθ,

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    λSPP=Re[2π/(ωc0εdεmεd+εm)],

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    E(r,φ)=0π|r0r|12exp(ilφ)exp(ikBSW|r0r|)dφ,(A1)

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    E(x)Jl(kBSWx),(A2)

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    xl=sgn(l)μlkBSW.(A3)

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    xl=sgn(l)μl2πλBSW,(A4)

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    E(r,φ)=0π|r0r|12cos(ζφ)exp(ilφ)exp(ikBSW|r0r|)dφ.(A5)

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    E(r,φ)=0π|r0r|12exp[i(l+s)φ]exp(ikBSW|r0r|)dφ.(A6)

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    xj=sgn(j)μj2πλBSW,(A7)

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    Nannan Li, Qi Zou, Yizhi Lan, Yaqi Wang, Jun Zhang, Michael Somekh, Changjun Min, Fu Feng, Xiaocong Yuan, "On-chip sorting of orbital angular momentum beams using Bloch surface wave structures," Photonics Res. 11, 1959 (2023)
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