IP Library Granted Patent US 12665694
Granted Patent B2
US 12665694 · App. 18/688,613 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Multiplexed transmission by optical beam transformation

Inventors: Alan Willner (Los Angeles, CA); Amir Minoofar (Los Angeles, CA); Xinzhou Su (Los Angeles, CA); Zhe Zhao (Los Angeles, CA); Huibin Zhou (Los Angeles, CA); Runzhou Zhang (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: University of Southern California
H04J14/04H04B10/112H04B10/1121H04J14/07
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Patent No.
US 12665694
App. No.
18/688,613
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of this technical solution are directed to multiplexed transmission by optical beam transmission. A method can include generating a first beam having a first frequency in an optical frequency range, generating a second beam including data and having a second frequency in the optical frequency range, converting the first beam and the second beam into a third beam including the data and having a third frequency based on a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency, and transforming the third beam into a fourth beam having a first angular distribution and including a first portion of the data, and into a fifth beam having a second angular distribution corresponding to the first angular distribution and including a second portion of the data.

Claims (51)

1 . A system of transmission supporting multiplexed communication by optical beam transformation, the system comprising:

a first beam generator to generate a first beam having a first frequency in an optical frequency range;

a second beam generator to generate a second beam having a second frequency in the optical frequency range;

a beam modulator operatively coupled with the second beam generator to modulate the second beam to include data;

an optical fiber operatively coupled with the first beam generator and the beam modulator to convert the first beam and the second beam into a third beam including the data and having a third frequency based on a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency; and

a phase transformer operatively coupled with a photodiode to transform the third beam into a fourth beam having a first angular distribution and including a first portion of the data, and into a fifth beam having a second angular distribution corresponding to the first angular distribution and including a second portion of the data.

2 . The system of claim 1 , the phase transformer comprising:

a first spiral phase plate to transform the third beam into the fourth beam; and

a second spiral phase plate to transform the third beam into the fifth beam.

3 . The system of claim 1 , the optical fiber comprising:

a first fiber channel having a first length to transmit a portion of the third beam corresponding to the first beam at a first delay; and

a second fiber channel having a second length to transmit a portion of the third beam corresponding to the second beam at a second delay greater than the first delay.

4 . The system of claim 1 , the second frequency satisfying a predetermined frequency threshold corresponding to the first frequency.

5 . The system of any of claim 1 , the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency satisfying a predetermined frequency threshold.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the optical frequency range including one or more frequencies corresponding to one or more of visible light, ultraviolet energy, and infrared energy.

7 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a photodiode operatively coupled with the optical fiber to convert the first beam and the second beam into the third beam.

8 . The system of claim 1 , the fourth beam including the first portion of the data corresponding to a first channel of the data, and the fifth beam including the second portion of the data corresponding to a second channel of the data.

9 . The system of claim 1 , the first angular distribution having a first circular cross section, and the second angular distribution having a second circular cross section corresponding to the first circular cross section.

10 . The system of claim 9 , the phase transformer to align the fourth beam and the fifth beam concentrically based on a first center of the first circular cross section and a second center of the second circular cross section.

11 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising:

a transmitter operatively coupled with the phase transformer to transmit the aligned fourth beam and the fifth beam.

12 . A method of transmission supporting multiplexed communication by optical beam transformation, the method comprising:

generating a first beam having a first frequency in an optical frequency range;

generating a second beam including data and having a second frequency in the optical frequency range;

converting the first beam and the second beam into a third beam including the data and having a third frequency based on a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency; and

transforming the third beam into a fourth beam having a first angular distribution and including a first portion of the data, and into a fifth beam having a second angular distribution corresponding to the first angular distribution and including a second portion of the data.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating the second beam by modulating the second beam to include the data.

14 . The method of any of claim 12 , the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency satisfies a predetermined frequency threshold.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

converting, by a photodiode, the first beam and the second beam into the third beam.

16 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transforming, by a spiral phase plate, the third beam into the fourth beam and the fifth beam.

17 . The method of claim 12 , the fourth beam including the first portion of the data corresponding to a first channel of the data, and the fifth beam including the second portion of the data corresponding to a second channel of the data.

18 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

aligning the fourth beam and the fifth beam concentrically based on a first center of a first circular cross-section of the first angular distribution, and based on a second center of a second circular cross section corresponding to the first circular cross section; and

transmitting the aligned fourth beam and the fifth beam.

19 . A system of transmission supporting multiplexed communication by optical beam transformation, the system comprising:

a transmitter system comprising:

a first beam generator to generate a first beam having a first frequency in an optical frequency range;

a second beam generator to generate a second beam having a second frequency in the optical frequency range;

a beam modulator operatively coupled with the second beam generator to modulate the second beam to include data;

an optical fiber operatively coupled with the first beam generator and the beam modulator to convert the first beam and the second beam into a third beam including the data and having a third frequency based on a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency; and

a phase transformer operatively coupled with a photodiode to transform the third beam into a fourth beam having a first angular distribution and including a first portion of the data, and into a fifth beam having a second angular distribution corresponding to the first angular distribution and including a second portion of the data; and

a receiver system comprising:

a second phase transformer to receive the fourth beam and the fifth beam;

an optical signal converter to transform the fourth beam and the fifth beam into a sixth beam in the optical frequency range including the first portion and the second portion of the data; and

a digital signal processor to generate, based on the sixth beam, a first electrical signal including the first portion and the second portion of the data.

20 . The system of claim 19 , the optical signal converter comprising:

a first spiral phase plate to transform the fourth beam and the fifth beam into the sixth beam.