Title :
Performance metrics for a free-space communication link based on multiplexing of multiple orbital angular momentum beams with higher order radial indices
Author :
Guodong Xie ; Long Li ; Yan Yan ; Yongxiong Ren ; Zhe Zhao ; Peicheng Liao ; Ahmed, Nisar ; Zhe Wang ; Ashrafi, Nima ; Ashrafi, Solyman ; Linquist, Roger D. ; Tur, Moshe ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We analyze and measure the performance metrics for a free-space communication link using OAM beams with non-zero radial index p. The received power of OAM beams with p=1 is ~6 dB higher than p=0.
Keywords :
angular momentum; multiplexing; optical links; OAM beam received power; free-space communication link; higher order radial index; multiple orbital angular momentum beam multiplexing; nonzero radial index; performance metrics; Apertures; Indexes; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Power measurement; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
