Free-space communication through turbulence: a comparison of plane-wave and orbital-angular-momentum encodings

DOI10.1080/09500340.2013.834084zbMATH Open1356.78066arXiv1304.0709OpenAlexW3103013105WikidataQ62578617 ScholiaQ62578617MaRDI QIDQ2962773FDOQ2962773

Authors: Mohammad Reza Mirhosseini, Brandon Rodenburg, Mehul Malik, Robert W. Boyd 

Publication date: 17 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Free-space communication allows one to use spatial mode encoding, which is susceptible to the effects of diffraction and turbulence. Here, we discuss the optimum communication modes of a system while taking such effects into account. We construct a free-space communication system that encodes information onto the plane-wave (PW) modes of light. We study the performance of this system in the presence of atmospheric turbulence, and compare it with previous results for a system employing orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) encoding. We are able to show that the PW basis is the preferred basis set for communication through atmospheric turbulence for a large Fresnel number system. This study has important implications for high-dimensional quantum key distribution systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0709

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40)

Cites Work

• Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions, Fourier Analysis and Uncertainty - IV: Extensions to Many Dimensions; Generalized Prolate Spheroidal Functions

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