Generating quantum orbital angular momentum combs using azimuthal binary phase gratings
Neelan Gounden, Pedro Ornelas, Isaac M. Nape +1 more
The creation and detection of light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) has been studied over the past 30 years. Recently, efforts have been made to efficiently generate multiple OAM components within a single beam, which has led to the generation of the first classical OAM combs. Here we present, to the best of our knowledge, the generation of the first quantum OAM combs utilizing the OAM correlations of a bi-photon state. The OAM correlations are tailored using binary phase gratings in order to achieve numerous OAM comb structures. These states could provide potential benefits when being applied in quantum sensing or high dimensional quantum encryption.
Optics Express•Jun 29, 2026•0 citations