title: Integrated multi vector vortex beam generator.
abstract: A novel method to generate and manipulate vector vortex beams in an integrated, ring resonator based geometry is proposed. We show numerically that a ring resonator, with an appropriate grating, addressed by a vertically displaced access waveguide emits a complex optical field. The emitted beam possesses a specific polarization topology, and consequently a transverse intensity profile and orbital angular momentum. We propose a combination of several concentric ring resonators, addressed with different bus guides, to generate arbitrary orbital angular momentum qudit states, which could potentially be used for classical and quantum communications. Finally, we demonstrate numerically that this device works as an orbital angular momentum sorter with an average cross-talk of -10dB between different orbital angular momentum channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 Canada.
authors.forename: Sebastian A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Taras
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Machula
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Boyd