Two-dimensional multiplexing scheme both with ring radius and topological charge of perfect optical vortex beam |
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Authors: | Le Wang Xincheng Jiang Li Zou |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Signal Processing and Transmission, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing, People's Republic of China |
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Abstract: | Perfect optical vortex (POV) beam is a special kind of vortex beam, whose radius is independent of its topological charge. In this paper, we propose a two-dimensional multiplexing scheme with a ring radius and topological charge of POV beam. A communication system using the proposed multiplexing scheme with a two-step detection method is presented, and on–off keying modulation is applied to demonstrate the bit error rate (BER) performance under atmospheric turbulence. The numerical results show that the BER performance of the proposed scheme is better than that when only topological charge is multiplexed with the same conditions. The two-dimensional multiplexing scheme has an anti-interference capability since the ring radius is only concerned in magnitude. At the same time, the capacity and the spectral efficiency of the system are improved since both ring radial and topological charge of POV beam are used. |
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Keywords: | Free-space optical communication multiplexing orbital angular momentum atmospheric turbulence ring radius topological charge |
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