{"citation":{"ama":"Jin X, Zentgraf T. Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection. <i>Advanced Photonics</i>. 2026;8(02). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010\">10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010</a>","chicago":"Jin, Xiao, and Thomas Zentgraf. “Increasing the Design Degree of Freedom for Polarization through Multilayer Synchronous Polarization Projection.” <i>Advanced Photonics</i> 8, no. 02 (2026). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010\">https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010</a>.","ieee":"X. Jin and T. Zentgraf, “Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection,” <i>Advanced Photonics</i>, vol. 8, no. 02, Art. no. 26010, 2026, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010\">10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010</a>.","apa":"Jin, X., &#38; Zentgraf, T. (2026). Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection. <i>Advanced Photonics</i>, <i>8</i>(02), Article 26010. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010\">https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010</a>","bibtex":"@article{Jin_Zentgraf_2026, title={Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection}, volume={8}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010\">10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010</a>}, number={0226010}, journal={Advanced Photonics}, publisher={SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng}, author={Jin, Xiao and Zentgraf, Thomas}, year={2026} }","short":"X. Jin, T. Zentgraf, Advanced Photonics 8 (2026).","mla":"Jin, Xiao, and Thomas Zentgraf. “Increasing the Design Degree of Freedom for Polarization through Multilayer Synchronous Polarization Projection.” <i>Advanced Photonics</i>, vol. 8, no. 02, 26010, SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010\">10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010</a>."},"intvolume":"         8","publication_status":"published","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2577-5421"]},"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://www.researching.cn/Articles/OJafd1e3b9e643c6be"}],"doi":"10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010","author":[{"last_name":"Jin","full_name":"Jin, Xiao","first_name":"Xiao"},{"first_name":"Thomas","last_name":"Zentgraf","orcid":"0000-0002-8662-1101","id":"30525","full_name":"Zentgraf, Thomas"}],"volume":8,"oa":"1","date_updated":"2026-03-16T07:20:07Z","status":"public","type":"journal_article","article_number":"26010","article_type":"original","user_id":"30525","department":[{"_id":"15"},{"_id":"230"},{"_id":"289"},{"_id":"623"}],"_id":"64978","year":"2026","issue":"02","quality_controlled":"1","title":"Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection","date_created":"2026-03-16T07:17:52Z","publisher":"SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng","abstract":[{"text":"The degrees of freedom (DoFs) of light determine the maximum number of independent signal\r\nchannels an optical system can support. However, the polarization DoF is intrinsically limited to two by\r\northogonality, which causes unavoidable crosstalk and often forces position multiplexing, where different\r\nchannels are assigned to distinct spatial locations to suppress crosstalk. This research introduces a multilayer\r\nsynchronous polarization projection method that fundamentally increases the DoF for polarization\r\nmultiplexing. The DoF equals twice the number of projection layers. We experimentally demonstrate six-\r\nchannel polarization multiplexing holography without position multiplexing. The six-channel multiplexing\r\nresults indicate that our approach exceeds the conventional polarization multiplexing method, yielding an\r\naverage 3.79 dB improvement in extinction ratio across the six channels. Compared with the theoretical\r\nlimit of traditional polarization multiplexing, our method reduces crosstalk by an average of 6.52 dB across\r\nall channels in a seven-channel design. The polarization projection method breaks the DoF limitation\r\nof polarization multiplexing, opening a path toward high-dimensional photonic information encoding for\r\ncommunication, encryption, and imaging.","lang":"eng"}],"publication":"Advanced Photonics","language":[{"iso":"eng"}]}