Laguerre-Gaussian mode sorter (General Audience Version)

We present a device which can split a beam of light up into the beam 'shapes' it's composed of, like a prism splits white light up into it's colours.

[@bereneicesephton8132]

Hi, I really enjoyed the way you presented the device. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind telling me what software you used to make the animation at around 6:23?

[@jeebanbastola2660]

Great ❤❤❤

[@alexvornoffice]

So can you use this technology go get vision using just light with no electric components and transfer the data using optic cables? Example you are in a tank and you want to see enemy but you can not get out ... or in a submarine, bunker etc...

[@wethepeople2749]

does this also work as a sort of real-time compression?

[@joelacarpenter]

You could kinda think of it like that, but you could also think of a lens (Fourier transform) like that. Fourier transform and similar transforms are often used digitally in compression.

[@johnaweiss]

What is this device? Is it being manufactured? Is it open source? Where can we get more info?

[@joelacarpenter]

In the Supplementary Material for the paper espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:14a93dc There are example phase masks you can use 'as-is' to make one yourself, and there's also Matlab code for calculating your own masks.

[@saharbehroozinia9700]

Amazing🤍