Pearcey-Inspired Quartic Wavefront Shaping for Obstructed Near-Field Multi-User Communications

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Main Authors: Qin, Yifeng, Chen, Jing, Jiang, Zhi Hao
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Published: 2026
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author Qin, Yifeng
Chen, Jing
Jiang, Zhi Hao
author_facet Qin, Yifeng
Chen, Jing
Jiang, Zhi Hao
contents Radiative near-field (RNF) beamforming is vulnerable to blockages that disrupt Fresnel zones. This letter proposes an obstruction-unaware wavefront shaping strategy inspired by catastrophe optics. By superimposing a calibrated quartic phase, we generate a Pearcey-like wave packet that exhibits structural stability against perturbations. We establish a fair comparison protocol where the quartic beam is calibrated in free space to avoid exploiting obstruction knowledge. Numerical results demonstrate up to 8.5~dB SINR gain over conventional focusing for multi-user scenarios near the depth-of-focus limit. Crucially, this gain stems from improved channel conditioning under partial blockage, which mitigates the severe noise amplification inherent to zero-forcing precoding.
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spellingShingle Pearcey-Inspired Quartic Wavefront Shaping for Obstructed Near-Field Multi-User Communications
Qin, Yifeng
Chen, Jing
Jiang, Zhi Hao
Optics
Signal Processing
Radiative near-field (RNF) beamforming is vulnerable to blockages that disrupt Fresnel zones. This letter proposes an obstruction-unaware wavefront shaping strategy inspired by catastrophe optics. By superimposing a calibrated quartic phase, we generate a Pearcey-like wave packet that exhibits structural stability against perturbations. We establish a fair comparison protocol where the quartic beam is calibrated in free space to avoid exploiting obstruction knowledge. Numerical results demonstrate up to 8.5~dB SINR gain over conventional focusing for multi-user scenarios near the depth-of-focus limit. Crucially, this gain stems from improved channel conditioning under partial blockage, which mitigates the severe noise amplification inherent to zero-forcing precoding.
title Pearcey-Inspired Quartic Wavefront Shaping for Obstructed Near-Field Multi-User Communications
topic Optics
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03851