OAM-Assisted Self-Healing Is Directional, Proportional and Persistent

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Autores principales: Klemes, Marek, Hu, Lan, Bowles, Greg, Ghayekhloo, Alireza, Akbari, Mohammad, Thirakoune, Soulideth, Schwartzman, Michael, Zhang, Kevin, Ho, Tan Huy, Wessel, David, Tong, Wen
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author Klemes, Marek
Hu, Lan
Bowles, Greg
Ghayekhloo, Alireza
Akbari, Mohammad
Thirakoune, Soulideth
Schwartzman, Michael
Zhang, Kevin
Ho, Tan Huy
Wessel, David
Tong, Wen
author_facet Klemes, Marek
Hu, Lan
Bowles, Greg
Ghayekhloo, Alireza
Akbari, Mohammad
Thirakoune, Soulideth
Schwartzman, Michael
Zhang, Kevin
Ho, Tan Huy
Wessel, David
Tong, Wen
contents In this paper we demonstrate the postulated mechanism of self-healing specifically due to orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) in radio vortex beams having equal beam-widths. In previous work we experimentally demonstrated self-healing effects in OAM beams at 28 GHz and postulated a theoretical mechanism to account for them. In this work we further characterize the OAM self-healing mechanism theoretically and confirm those characteristics with systematic and controlled experimental measurements on a 28 GHz outdoor link. Specifically, we find that the OAM self-healing mechanism is an additional self-healing mechanism in structured electromagnetic beams which is directional with respect to the displacement of an obstruction relative to the beam axis. We also confirm our previous findings that the amount of OAM self-healing is proportional to the OAM order, and additionally find that it persists beyond the focusing region into the far field. As such, OAM-assisted self-healing brings an advantage over other so-called non-diffracting beams both in terms of the minimum distance for onset of self-healing and the amount of self-healing obtainable. We relate our findings by extending theoretical models in the literature and develop a unifying electromagnetic analysis to account for self-healing of OAM-bearing non-diffracting beams more rigorously.
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spellingShingle OAM-Assisted Self-Healing Is Directional, Proportional and Persistent
Klemes, Marek
Hu, Lan
Bowles, Greg
Ghayekhloo, Alireza
Akbari, Mohammad
Thirakoune, Soulideth
Schwartzman, Michael
Zhang, Kevin
Ho, Tan Huy
Wessel, David
Tong, Wen
Optics
Signal Processing
In this paper we demonstrate the postulated mechanism of self-healing specifically due to orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) in radio vortex beams having equal beam-widths. In previous work we experimentally demonstrated self-healing effects in OAM beams at 28 GHz and postulated a theoretical mechanism to account for them. In this work we further characterize the OAM self-healing mechanism theoretically and confirm those characteristics with systematic and controlled experimental measurements on a 28 GHz outdoor link. Specifically, we find that the OAM self-healing mechanism is an additional self-healing mechanism in structured electromagnetic beams which is directional with respect to the displacement of an obstruction relative to the beam axis. We also confirm our previous findings that the amount of OAM self-healing is proportional to the OAM order, and additionally find that it persists beyond the focusing region into the far field. As such, OAM-assisted self-healing brings an advantage over other so-called non-diffracting beams both in terms of the minimum distance for onset of self-healing and the amount of self-healing obtainable. We relate our findings by extending theoretical models in the literature and develop a unifying electromagnetic analysis to account for self-healing of OAM-bearing non-diffracting beams more rigorously.
title OAM-Assisted Self-Healing Is Directional, Proportional and Persistent
topic Optics
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02103