Abstract
Mode-division multiplexing is significant in optical communications, and a vector vortex beams (VVBs) set is one of the candidates of the orthogonal set. Although a basic (de)multiplexing scheme has been promoted, there is still a great potential to enable more VVBs with high efficiency. In this work, we promote a vector vortex mode sorter based on a Sagnac interferometer and Q-plate to solve the problem. The Sagnac interferometer acts as a sorter according to , and the Q-plate takes an effect on the shift of indices . Since our scheme is achieved by the coupling between polarization and orbital angular momentum, it is also suitable for realizing single-photon multi-qubit encoding in quantum information and quantum communications.
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