Design of Partially Coherent and Vortex Free-Space Optical Systems
Abstract
The objective of this 1-year project was to investigate and optimize the design of free-space optical communications systems that employ one or more special beam classes such as partially coherent, vortex, nonuniformly polarized, nondiffracting and Airy beams. Particular attention was focused on the use of incoherent beam arrays with beamlets of special types as well as the use of optical vortices as viable information carriers. Uniformly polarized beam arrays were shown to have appreciable scintillation reduction, and statistics of vortex beam wander were calculated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 15, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA582617
Entities
People
- Greg Gbur
Organizations
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte