Alphabet of OAM (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Alphabet of OAM

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This is an alphabet of OAM modes. OAM modes are sometimes called twisted light as the light appears as a ring with a vortex in the middle. The light can be twisted once, twice, three times and so on to create a high-dimensional alphabet.

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Wits University

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