Is there an optimal basis to maximise optical information transfer?
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15/03/2016Metadata
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Abstract
We establish the concept of the density of the optical degrees of freedom that may be applied to any photonics based system. As a key example of this versatile approach we explore information transfer using optical communication. We demonstrate both experimentally, theoretically and numerically that the use of a basis set with fields containing optical vortices does not increase the telecommunication capacity of an optical system.
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Chen , M , Dholakia , K & Mazilu , M 2016 , ' Is there an optimal basis to maximise optical information transfer? ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 6 , 22821 . https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22821
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Scientific Reports
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Peer reviewed
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2045-2322Type
Journal article
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