Generating arbitrary cebits on the orbital angular momentum Poincaré sphere
Source
International Journal of Quantum Information
ISSN
02197499
Date Issued
2016-09-01
Author(s)
Chithrabhanu, P.
Aadhi, A.
Reddy, Salla Gangi
Prabhakar, Shashi
Singh, R. P.
Abstract
Using classical laser beams, we generate a general complex superposition state, cebit, of orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light. We use a nonseparable beam of polarization and OAM generated by a modified Sagnac interferometer for the generation of OAM cebits which can be represented as points on the OAM Poincaré sphere. The general cebit state is represented as a function of the rotation angle of the wave plates so that one can easily generate the required state.
Subjects
cebit | Orbital angular momentum | Poincaré sphere
