Effect of Limited Aperture Size on a Retro-reflected Communication Link Between a Ground Station and a UAV using Multiplexing of Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beams

Authors :: Pu Jian
Dmitry Starodubov
Moshe Tur
Kaiheng Zou
Haoqian Song
Hao Song
Zhe Zhao
Guillaume Labroille
Robert Bock
Runzhou Zhang
Brittany Lynn
Guodong Xie
Alan E. Willner
Long Li
Peicheng Liao
Cong Liu
Kai Pang
Source :: OFC
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: OSA, 2018.
Abstract: We experimentally demonstrate and investigate the effect of limited aperture size on a 200-Gbit/s retro-reflected free-space optical link between a ground station and a UAV up to ∼100-m roundtrip distance by multiplexing 2 OAM beams.

Subjects :: Physics
Angular momentum
business.industry
Optical link
Communication link
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Multiplexing
010309 optics
Erbium doped fiber amplifier
Ground station
Optics
0103 physical sciences
Beam expander
0210 nano-technology
business
Free-space optical communication

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