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Optical communication beyond orbital angular momentum

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, June 2016
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Title
Optical communication beyond orbital angular momentum
Published in
Scientific Reports, June 2016
DOI 10.1038/srep27674
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Authors

Abderrahmen Trichili, Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán, Angela Dudley, Bienvenu Ndagano, Amine Ben Salem, Mourad Zghal, Andrew Forbes

Abstract

Mode division multiplexing (MDM) is mooted as a technology to address future bandwidth issues, and has been successfully demonstrated in free space using spatial modes with orbital angular momentum (OAM). To further increase the data transmission rate, more degrees of freedom are required to form a densely packed mode space. Here we move beyond OAM and demonstrate multiplexing and demultiplexing using both the radial and azimuthal degrees of freedom. We achieve this with a holographic approach that allows over 100 modes to be encoded on a single hologram, across a wide wavelength range, in a wavelength independent manner. Our results offer a new tool that will prove useful in realizing higher bit rates for next generation optical networks.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 1%
Unknown 94 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 27%
Student > Master 14 15%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Bachelor 7 7%
Other 4 4%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 22 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 41 43%
Engineering 17 18%
Materials Science 3 3%
Computer Science 3 3%
Environmental Science 2 2%
Other 7 7%
Unknown 22 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 88. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 July 2016.
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#410,293
of 22,876,619 outputs
Outputs from Scientific Reports
#4,625
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#9,084
of 345,197 outputs
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#147
of 3,564 outputs
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