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Spatial Characterization Of Two-Photon States - GAP-Optique

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C. Methods for OAM measurements<br />

Input hologram<br />

lens<br />

Gaussian<br />

mode<br />

non-Gaussian<br />

mode<br />

Figure C.1: A hologram that records the interference of a lg mode with a Gaussian<br />

beam, can be used to detect that particular lg mode. Only if the generating lg<br />

mode is incident on the hologram, a Gaussian beam is recovered. If another mode is<br />

incident, the hologram will generate non-Gaussian beams. Single mode optical fibers<br />

distinguish between Gaussian and non-Gaussian beams.<br />

Input<br />

beam splitter<br />

Dove prism mirror<br />

even modes<br />

odd modes<br />

Figure C.2: <strong>Two</strong> Dove prisms rotated with respect to each other by an angle π/2<br />

induce a relative rotation of π between the two arms of a Mach-Zender interferometer.<br />

As a consequence of the rotation, odd and even lg modes leave the interferometer<br />

at different outputs after the second beam splitter. Reference [15] introduces this<br />

principle as a base of an oam sorter.<br />

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