Abstract
We study the effects of optical turbulence on the energy crosstalk among constituent orbital angular momentum (OAM) states in a vortex-based multi-channel laser communication link and determine channel interference in terms of turbulence strength and OAM state separation. We characterize the channel interference as a function of C 2n and transmit OAM state, and propose probability models to predict the random fluctuations in the received signals for such architecture. Simulations indicate that turbulence-induced channel interference is mutually correlated across receive channels.
Original language | American English |
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DOIs | |
State | Published - 26 Oct 2009 |
Event | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering - Duration: 1 Jan 2019 → … |
Conference
Conference | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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Period | 1/01/19 → … |
Keywords
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Channel interference
- Channel multiplexing
- Free-space laser communication
- Optical vortices
- Orbital angular momentum