Generating High‐Fidelity Structured Light Fields Through an Ultrathin Multimode Fiber Using Phase Retrieval
Source abstract
Abstract
Abstract Light transmission through a multimode fiber (MMF) has gained major importance for imaging and manipulation. The majority of phase retrieval algorithms used for a MMF implicitly assume light propagation to be described by a unitary operation, yet the transmission matrix of a multimode fiber is inherently non‐unitary. It is demonstrated that this erroneous assumption can impede the performance of many commonly used MMF phase retrieval algorithms and demonstrate that the weighted Yang–Gu algorithm outperforms other phase retrieval algorithms in this scenario. Once accounted for, the non‐unitary property of the transmission matrix can be leveraged to generate intricate intensity and phase patterns at the output of the fiber, and shape specific output fields. This is experimentally demonstrated by generating Laguerre–Gaussian beams that carry orbital angular momentum, and by forming images in planes offset from the distal end of the fiber facet.
Source: crossref · Quality: baseline
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Random lasers and scattering media · Optical Coherence Tomography Applications · Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
Affiliations
Optofluidics Group, Cavendish Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics, Electrical Engineering Department University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 0FA UK
Centre of Light for Life, School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide 5005 Australia
Optics and Photonics Research Group University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
Lumen Lab, University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
Optical Manipulation Group, School of Physics & Astronomy University of St. Andrews St Andrews KY16 9SS United Kingdom
Funding
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · Australian Research Council
References (52)
Show source-provided references
1. 10.1103/RevModPhys.89.01500510.1103/RevModPhys.89.015005 ↗
2. Kim M. · Opt. Express · 2015 · 23 · 10
3. Yu H. · Curr. Appl. Phys. · 2015 · 15 · 5
4. 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.02.02210.1016/j.optcom.2008.02.022 ↗
5. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.10060110.1103/PhysRevLett.104.100601 ↗
6. 10.1038/ncomms107810.1038/ncomms1078 ↗
7. 10.1088/1367-2630/13/12/12302110.1088/1367-2630/13/12/123021 ↗
8. 10.1038/nphoton.2012.8810.1038/nphoton.2012.88 ↗
9. Choi Y. · Phys. Rev. Lett. · 2012 · 109 · 20
10. Caravaca‐Aguirre A. M. · Opt. Express · 2013 · 21 · 10
11. 10.1364/OE.22.00293310.1364/OE.22.002933 ↗
12. 10.1364/OL.40.00019710.1364/OL.40.000197 ↗
13. 10.1364/PRJ.49196710.1364/PRJ.491967 ↗
14. 10.1364/OE.19.01887110.1364/OE.19.018871 ↗
15. 10.1364/PRJ.51468910.1364/PRJ.514689 ↗
16. 10.1364/OE.23.02384510.1364/OE.23.023845 ↗
17. 10.1038/srep1805010.1038/srep18050 ↗
18. Flaes D. B. · Opt. Express · 2021 · 29 · 18
19. Fienup C. · Image Recov.: Theory Appl. · 1987 · 231
20. 10.1364/JOSAA.7.00039410.1364/JOSAA.7.000394 ↗
21. 10.1039/C1LC20719A10.1039/C1LC20719A ↗
22. Sun J. · Appl. Sci. · 2021 · 11 · 9
23. 10.1038/s41377-018-0074-110.1038/s41377-018-0074-1 ↗
24. 10.1364/OE.45214510.1364/OE.452145 ↗
25. Yang G.‐Z. · Appl. Opt. · 1994 · 33 · 2
26. 10.1038/s41566-017-0053-810.1038/s41566-017-0053-8 ↗
27. 10.1364/OE.25.00703110.1364/OE.25.007031 ↗
28. 10.1364/AO.21.00275810.1364/AO.21.002758 ↗
29. Thimons T. · Soc. Ind. Appl. Math. · 2018
30. Yan Y. · Acta Photonica Sin. · 2007 · 36 · 530
31. Gerchberg R. W. · Optik · 1972 · 35 · 2
32. 10.1364/AO.45467910.1364/AO.454679 ↗
33. 10.1364/JOSAA.46491610.1364/JOSAA.464916 ↗
34. Gordon G. S. D. · Phys. Rev. X · 2019 · 9
35. 10.1038/s41377-022-01061-710.1038/s41377-022-01061-7 ↗
36. Wang Y. · Optical Eng. · 2020 · 59 · 10
37. 10.1364/AO.25.00080210.1364/AO.25.000802 ↗
38. Georgiou A. · J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. · 2008 · 10 · 3
39. 10.1364/JOSAA.5.00105810.1364/JOSAA.5.001058 ↗
40. 10.1364/AOP.3.00016110.1364/AOP.3.000161 ↗
41. Rubinsztein‐Dunlop H. · J. Opt. · 2016 · 19 · 1
42. Michálková I. · Opt. Express · 2024 · 32
43. 10.1364/JOSAA.24.00350010.1364/JOSAA.24.003500 ↗
44. 10.1109/JLT.2021.312446910.1109/JLT.2021.3124469 ↗
45. Čižmár T. · Nat. Commun. · 2012 · 3
46. 10.1063/5.017228410.1063/5.0172284 ↗
47. Yan L. · APL Photonics · 2018 · 4 · 2
48. 10.1038/s41598-022-17825-510.1038/s41598-022-17825-5 ↗
49. 10.1038/s41598-019-47319-w10.1038/s41598-019-47319-w ↗
50. Goodman J. W. · 2005
51. 10.1038/s41566-019-0503-610.1038/s41566-019-0503-6 ↗
52. Conkey D. B. · Opt. Express · 2012 · 20 · 2