Abstract
For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, light with orbital angular momentum (OAM) of per photon is produced using commercially available polarization-maintaining fiber with modal purity of 96%. Twist measurements demonstrate that the average orbital angular momentum can be continuously tuned between . The authors consider beams of non-integer OAM, created using the presented method, as superpositions of integer OAM states.
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