Acoustic orbital angular momentum prism for efficient vortex perception

Acoustic orbital angular momentum (OAM) has emerged as a new multiplexing degree of freedom in acoustic communication and shows application prospect in particle manipulation. The separation and detection of acoustic vortices carrying different OAM are significant in OAM-based signal de-multiplexing. In this work, we theoretically proposed and experimentally demonstrated an OAM prism for efficient and quantitative vortex perception, which converts the spiral vortices into the transmitted plane waves of different refraction angles. The refraction angle is linearly dependent on the topological charge of the vortices, enabling the expedient readout of the information coded in each vortex. The designed OAM prism provides a simple and effective method for vortex perception and on-chip detection in the transmission field.

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The study introduces and demonstrates an OAM prism for efficient and quantitative vortex perception, which converts spiral vortices into transmitted plane waves with different refraction angles. The refraction angle is linearly dependent on the topological charge of the vortices, enabling convenient readout of the encoded information in each vortex. This designed OAM prism provides a simple and effective method for vortex perception and on-chip detection in the transmission field.