Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-15-2018
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a simple and easy-to-implement projective-measurement protocol to determine the radial index p of a Laguerre–Gaussian (LGlp) mode. Our method entails converting any specified high-order LG0p mode into a near-Gaussian distribution that matches the fundamental mode of a single-mode fiber (SMF) through the use of two phase screens (unitary transforms) obtained by applying a phase-retrieval algorithm. The unitary transforms preserve the orthogonality of modes before the SMF and guarantee that our protocol can, in principle, be free of crosstalk. We measure the coupling efficiency of the transformed radial modes to the SMF for different pairs of phase screens. Because of the universality of phase-retrieval methods, we believe that our protocol provides an efficient way of fully characterizing the radial spatial profile of an optical field.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Optics Letters
First Page
6101
Last Page
6104
Recommended Citation
Choudhary, S., Sampson, R., Miyamoto, Y., Magaña-Loaiza, O., Rafsanjani, S., Mirhosseini, M., & Boyd, R. (2018). Measurement of the radial mode spectrum of photons through a phase-retrieval method. Optics Letters, 43 (24), 6101-6104. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.006101