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Main Authors: Droulias, Sotiris, Loulakis, Michalis, Papazoglou, Dimitris G., Tzortzakis, Stelios, Chen, Zhigang, Efremidis, Nikolaos K.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02659
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author Droulias, Sotiris
Loulakis, Michalis
Papazoglou, Dimitris G.
Tzortzakis, Stelios
Chen, Zhigang
Efremidis, Nikolaos K.
author_facet Droulias, Sotiris
Loulakis, Michalis
Papazoglou, Dimitris G.
Tzortzakis, Stelios
Chen, Zhigang
Efremidis, Nikolaos K.
contents We recently introduced a new class of optical beams with a Bessel-like transverse profile and increasing beam width during propagation, akin to an "inverted pin". Owing to their specially engineered distribution, these beams have shown remarkable performance in atmospheric turbulence. Specifically, inverted pin beams were found to have reduced scintillation index as compared to collimated or focused Gaussian beams as well as other types of pin beams especially in moderate to strong turbulence. In this work, we demonstrate that inverted pin beams carrying orbital angular momentum can further suppress intensity scintillations in moderate to strong irradiance fluctuation conditions. Our results can be useful in improving the performance and link availability of free-space optical communication systems.
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spellingShingle Vortex inverted pin beams: Mitigation of scintillations in strong atmospheric turbulence
Droulias, Sotiris
Loulakis, Michalis
Papazoglou, Dimitris G.
Tzortzakis, Stelios
Chen, Zhigang
Efremidis, Nikolaos K.
Optics
We recently introduced a new class of optical beams with a Bessel-like transverse profile and increasing beam width during propagation, akin to an "inverted pin". Owing to their specially engineered distribution, these beams have shown remarkable performance in atmospheric turbulence. Specifically, inverted pin beams were found to have reduced scintillation index as compared to collimated or focused Gaussian beams as well as other types of pin beams especially in moderate to strong turbulence. In this work, we demonstrate that inverted pin beams carrying orbital angular momentum can further suppress intensity scintillations in moderate to strong irradiance fluctuation conditions. Our results can be useful in improving the performance and link availability of free-space optical communication systems.
title Vortex inverted pin beams: Mitigation of scintillations in strong atmospheric turbulence
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02659