Turbulence-induced channel crosstalk in an orbital angular momentum-multiplexed free-space optical link

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2414-2429

  Anguita, Jaime A ^a   Neifeld, Mark A ^a   Vasic, Bane V ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; CROSSTALK; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MULTIPLEXING;

CHANNEL CROSSTALK; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL LINK; MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM; OPTIMAL SETS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; TURBULENCE CONDITIONS; WEAK TURBULENCE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 50849123482     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002414     Document Type: Article

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