Correction of Phase Distortion of an OAM Mode using GS Algorithm based Phase Retrieval

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2012.cf3i.4
• Publication Date: 2013-04-05T15:44:12Z
• Authors: Yongxiong Ren; Hao Huang; Jeng-Yuan Yang; Yan Yan; Nisar Ahmed; Yang Yue; Alan E. Willner; Kevin Birnbaum; John Choi; Baris Erkmen; Sam Dolinar
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

The Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm based phase retrieval technique is used to correct the wavefront of distorted OAM modes. The simulation results show that this method can efficiently improve the mode purity of OAM modes up to 50% and reduce the crosstalk by about 20 dB.