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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

Coherent detector for the non-separability measurement of vectorial structured light.

Yize Liang, Shuai Cao, Lixian Liu, Fei Liu, Xukun Yin, Pei Lv, Yiming Zhang, Yunrui Zou, Liang Fang, Shuang Zheng and 4 more

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Yize LiangSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1462-3175
Shuai CaoSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.
Lixian LiuSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-3607-6812
Fei LiuSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.
Xukun YinSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4840-9529
Pei LvSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.
Yiming ZhangSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.
Yunrui ZouSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China.
Liang FangSchool of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
Shuang ZhengWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
Zhenyu WanWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-6765
Teli XiSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China. tlxi@xidian.edu.cn.
Xiaopeng ShaoXi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, CAS, Xi'an, 710119, China. xpshao@opt.ac.cn.
Jian WangWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China. jwang@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-3041

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Abstract

Atmospheric turbulence distorts the complex wavefront of light in free-space optical communication systems, leading to bit errors and even communication interruptions. Recently, it is found that the non-separability of vectorial structured light remains invariant when transmitting through atmospheric turbulence. This discovery offers a potential solution for turbulence-resilient communications-encoding based on the non-separability of vectorial structured light. To achieve such turbulence-resilient communications, efficient detection of the non-separability of vectorial structured light is essential, which acts as the receivers of such communication systems. So far, traditional non-separability detection schemes usually rely on bulky SLMs or DMDs, facing inherent trade-offs between single-shot capability and system compactness. In addition, the detection of mode-resolved non-separability contributions of vectorial superposition states has not yet been accomplished. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a coherent detector to characterize the non-separability of vectorial structured light based on off-axis digital holography, which overcomes the limitations of traditional approaches by digitally decomposing spatial modes. Our approach may pave the way for turbulence-resilient optical communications based on non-separability coding methods and bring new insights into non-separability measurement.

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