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Breaking Free of Bits

JR Minkel

Published Jun 1, 2002• 0 citations

Abstract

A new technique allows sorting of single photons according to their orbital angular momentum–a property that could serve as an alphabet for optical messages.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevfocus.9.29

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