Communicating using spatial mode multiplexing: Potentials, challenges, and perspectives

A Trichili, KH Park, M Zghal, BS Ooi… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time, polarization, and wavelength multiplexing schemes have been used to satisfy the
growing need of transmission capacity. Using space as a new dimension for communication …

Divergence-degenerate spatial multiplexing towards future ultrahigh capacity, low error-rate optical communications

Z Wan, Y Shen, Z Wang, Z Shi, Q Liu… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Spatial mode (de) multiplexing of orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams is a promising
solution to address future bandwidth issues, but the rapidly increasing divergence with the …

Energy-flow-reversing dynamics in vortex beams: OAM-independent propagation and enhanced resilience

W Yan, Y Gao, Z Yuan, X Long, Z Chen, ZC Ren… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Since their discovery in the 1990s, vortex beams, known for their ability to carry orbital
angular momentum (OAM), have found substantial applications in optical manipulation and …

Iso-propagation vortices with OAM-independent size and divergence toward future faster optical communications

W Yan, Z Chen, X Long, Y Gao, Z Yuan… - Advanced …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Recognized in the 1990s, vortex beams' ability to carry orbital angular momentum (OAM)
has significantly contributed to applications in optical manipulation and high-dimensional …

Singular optics and topological photonics

M Soskin, SV Boriskina, Y Chong, MR Dennis… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
For centuries, singularities in wave fields have been a mainstay of interest in multiple areas
of physics, ranging from plasma physics, fluid dynamics and atmospheric physics to optics …

Effect of pointing errors on the performance of hybrid FSO/RF networks

S Sharma, AS Madhukumar, R Swaminathan - IEEe Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of a free space optics (FSO) transmission suffers from the atmospheric
turbulence and the attenuation in foggy environment. By employing relay nodes, the error …

Comparing mode-crosstalk and mode-dependent loss of laterally displaced orbital angular momentum and Hermite–Gaussian modes for free-space optical …

B Ndagano, N Mphuthi, G Milione, A Forbes - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
There is interest in using orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes to increase the data
speed of free-space optical communication. A prevalent challenge is the mitigation of mode …

MIMO hybrid FSO/RF system over generalized fading channels

S Sharma, AS Madhukumar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Free-space optics (FSO) communication is often unreliable, especially for long distances, as
it suffers from attenuation due to foggy weather, atmospheric turbulence, and pointing errors …

High-capacity and multi-dimensional orbital angular momentum multiplexing holography

N Zhang, B **ong, X Zhang, X Yuan - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Optical holography has been investigated for enhancing information capacity and
encryption. Here, the multi-vortex geometric orbital angular momentum (MVG-OAM) …

How can optical communications shape the future of deep space communications? A survey

S Karmous, N Adem, M Atiquzzaman… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With a large number of deep space (DS) missions anticipated by the end of this decade,
reliable and high-capacity DS communications are needed more than ever. Nevertheless …