Gouy phase-assisted Zeno effect for protecting light structure in random media
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| author | Mata-Cervera, Nilo Vetlugin, Anton N. Soci, Cesare Porras, Miguel A. Shen, Yijie |
| author_facet | Mata-Cervera, Nilo Vetlugin, Anton N. Soci, Cesare Porras, Miguel A. Shen, Yijie |
| contents | Identifying physical mechanisms that protect the information carried by various forms of structured light is one of the cornerstones of today's classical and quantum communications. Here we show that the purity of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes can be protected against degradation in random media by leveraging two fundamental features of their own Schrödinger Hamiltonian dynamics, namely, Zeno effect -- frequent observations slow down the evolution -- , and Gouy phase -- the back-action of the observation. Repeated, OAM-dependent Gouy phase kicks imparted along the disturbing path by simple imaging systems trigger the optical Zeno effect that protects the input OAM mode against mode cross-talk that would broaden the OAM spectrum. Given the universality of the mechanism, the Gouy phase-assisted Zeno effect would protect propagation modes other than those of OAM, and the diverse forms of structured light built with them. |
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| spellingShingle | Gouy phase-assisted Zeno effect for protecting light structure in random media Mata-Cervera, Nilo Vetlugin, Anton N. Soci, Cesare Porras, Miguel A. Shen, Yijie Optics Identifying physical mechanisms that protect the information carried by various forms of structured light is one of the cornerstones of today's classical and quantum communications. Here we show that the purity of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes can be protected against degradation in random media by leveraging two fundamental features of their own Schrödinger Hamiltonian dynamics, namely, Zeno effect -- frequent observations slow down the evolution -- , and Gouy phase -- the back-action of the observation. Repeated, OAM-dependent Gouy phase kicks imparted along the disturbing path by simple imaging systems trigger the optical Zeno effect that protects the input OAM mode against mode cross-talk that would broaden the OAM spectrum. Given the universality of the mechanism, the Gouy phase-assisted Zeno effect would protect propagation modes other than those of OAM, and the diverse forms of structured light built with them. |
| title | Gouy phase-assisted Zeno effect for protecting light structure in random media |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11591 |