Production and propagation of a modulated optical vortex through atmospheric turbulence

Robert K. Tyson; Marco Scipioni; Greg Gbur; Jaime Viegas

doi:10.1117/12.814647

Production and propagation of a modulated optical vortex through atmospheric turbulence

Robert K. Tyson, Marco Scipioni, Greg Gbur, Jaime Viegas

Electrical Engineering

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Abstract

The propagation of vortex beams as an information carrier for free-space laser communications has been proposed as a method for propagating through weak and strong atmospheric turbulence. This paper shows simulations of vortex charge conservation through turbulence and an analysis of the results. We also show an experimental demonstration of the generation of optical vortices with both integral and fractional charge using a segmented deformable mirror.

Original language	British English
Article number	72000G
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7200
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.814647
State	Published - 2009
Event	Atmospheric Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves III - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 26 Jan 2009 → 27 Jan 2009

Keywords

Adaptive optics
Deformable mirror
Optical vortices

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Production and propagation of a modulated optical vortex through atmospheric turbulence

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