Better choices than optical angular momentum multiplexing for communications [Physical Sciences]

Using optical angular momentum (OAM) beams, Shi et al. (1) demonstrate multiple acoustic channels between arrays of sources and detection points. Even better channels with fewer resources are, however, possible. OAM is not an additional degree of freedom beyond normal spatial multiplexing; using only the OAM "topological charge," l particularly...

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