Scalable mode sorter supporting 210 Hermite-Gaussian modes

We demonstrate a multi-plane light conversion device based on 7 planes which maps Hermite-Gaussian spatial modes with indices (m, n) onto a Cartesian grid (x, y) of diffraction limited spots for 210 spatial modes.

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