Dudley, Angela LRosales-Guzman, CTrichilli, AForbes, A2017-07-282017-07-282017-01Dudley, A. L., Rosales-Guzman, C., Trichilli, A. et al. 2017. Exploiting the spatial profiles of light. Proceedings of SPIE, Complex Light and Optical Forces XI, 28 January - 2 February 2017, San Francisco, USAhttps://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Paper/10.1117/12.2254753doi: 10.1117/12.2254753http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9300Copyright: 2017 SPIE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website.We implement digital holograms for the creation and detection of the spatial modes of light. We make use of modal decomposition theory to determine the numerous properties of light, from the modal content of laser beams to decoding the information stored in optical fields carrying orbital angular momentum. We demonstrate the versatility of these techniques to characterize both structured and vector fields with static and propagating optical fields. Finally, we show a holographic technique to realise a communication link using a densely packed spatial mode set where we experimentally multiplex and de-multiplex over 100 spatial modes.enSpatial modesOrbital angular momentumModal decompositionModal contentSpatial light modulatorsMultiplexingDe-multiplexingConference PresentationDudley, A. L., Rosales-Guzman, C., Trichilli, A., & Forbes, A. (2017). Exploiting the spatial profiles of light. SPIE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9300Dudley, Angela L, C Rosales-Guzman, A Trichilli, and A Forbes. "Exploiting the spatial profiles of light." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9300Dudley AL, Rosales-Guzman C, Trichilli A, Forbes A, Exploiting the spatial profiles of light; SPIE; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9300 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Dudley, Angela L AU - Rosales-Guzman, C AU - Trichilli, A AU - Forbes, A AB - We implement digital holograms for the creation and detection of the spatial modes of light. We make use of modal decomposition theory to determine the numerous properties of light, from the modal content of laser beams to decoding the information stored in optical fields carrying orbital angular momentum. We demonstrate the versatility of these techniques to characterize both structured and vector fields with static and propagating optical fields. Finally, we show a holographic technique to realise a communication link using a densely packed spatial mode set where we experimentally multiplex and de-multiplex over 100 spatial modes. DA - 2017-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Spatial modes KW - Orbital angular momentum KW - Modal decomposition KW - Modal content KW - Spatial light modulators KW - Multiplexing KW - De-multiplexing LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 T1 - Exploiting the spatial profiles of light TI - Exploiting the spatial profiles of light UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9300 ER -