# OAM multiplication operator enabled holographic multiplexing

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new method for holographic multiplexing using an OAM multiplication operator, enabling higher capacity and security in optical information technologies.

## Contribution

The novelty lies in introducing operators as a synthetic dimension for holography, beyond light's intrinsic properties.

## Key findings

- A ninefold capacity enhancement was achieved over conventional OAM holography.
- A 2-bit operator-multiplexed hologram was demonstrated for high-security optical encryption.

## Abstract

Holography has emerged as a vital platform for three-dimensional displays, optical encryption, and photonic information processing, leveraging diverse physical dimensions of light such as wavelength, polarization, and orbital angular momentum (OAM) to expand multiplexing capacity. However, the exhaustive utilization of these intrinsic degrees of freedom has saturated the parameter space for holographic encoding, leaving no room for further scalability. Here, we demonstrate an OAM multiplication operator enabled holographic multiplexing. We engineer the operator-specific hologram that selectively responds to the predefined operator pathway. Subsequent validation of orthogonality between distinct operator pathways ensures the multiplexing ability, thereby enabling the parallel encoding of multiple holographic images. In the experiment, we have successfully demonstrated a ninefold capacity enhancement over conventional OAM holography and a 2-bit operator-multiplexed hologram for high-security optical encryption. This work introduces operators as a synthetic dimension beyond light’s intrinsic properties into holography, unlocking a scalable and secure paradigm for ultrahigh-dimensional information technologies.

We establish operator-enabled holography as a new paradigm, transcending intrinsic physical dimensions of light to achieve high-capacity and high-security multiplexing.