Structured Light for Optical Communication

Shows how structured light is being used to create more effective optical communication techniques and devices

Mohammad D. Al-Amri (Edited by), David L. Andrews (Edited by), Mohamed Babiker (Edited by)

9780128215104, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 23 June 2021

312 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.63 kg

Structured Light for Optical Communication highlights principles and applications in the rapidly evolving field of structured light in wide-ranging contexts, from classical forms of communication to new frontiers of quantum communication. Besides the basic principles and applications, the book covers the background of structured light in its most common forms, as well as state-of-the-art developments. Structured light has been hailed as affording outstanding prospects for the realization of high bandwidth communication, enhanced tools for more highly secure cryptography, and exciting opportunities for providing a reliable platform for quantum computing.This book is a valuable resource for graduate students and other active researchers, as well as others who may be interested in learning about this cutting-edge research field.

1. Basics of quantum communications
2. Structured Light
3.Quantum features of structured light
4. Poincaré beams for optical communications
5. Operators in paraxial quantum optics
6. Quantum cryptography with structured photons
7. Spin and Angular Momentum Coupling
8. Quantum communication with structured light
9. Optical angular momentum interaction with turbulent and scattering media
10. Causes and mitigation of modal crosstalk in OAM multiplexed optical communication links

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]