Study of turbulence induced orbital angular momentum channel crosstalk in a 1.6km free-space optical link

Authors

Martin P.J. Lavery, University of Glasgow
Bettina Heim, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Christian Peuntinger, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, University of Rochester
Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa
Thomas Bauer, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Peter Banzer, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Christoph Marquardt, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics
Alan E. Willner, University of Southern California
Robert W. Boyd, University of Rochester
Miles J. Padgett, University of Glasgow
Gerd Leuchs, Max Planck Research Group, Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

5-4-2015

Abstract

We experimentally study the turbulence induced crosstalk between orbital angular momentum channels transmitted over a 1.6 km optical link. Our presented results indicate that turbulence mitigation techniques will be required for links of this length. © OSA 2015.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO-SI 2015

First Page

2267

Recommended Citation

Lavery, M., Heim, B., Peuntinger, C., Magaña-Loaiza, O., Karimi, E., Bauer, T., Banzer, P., Marquardt, C., Willner, A., Boyd, R., Padgett, M., & Leuchs, G. (2015). Study of turbulence induced orbital angular momentum channel crosstalk in a 1.6km free-space optical link. CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO-SI 2015, 2267. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2015.STu1L.4