Ince-Gauss beams in a turbulent atmosphere: the effect of structural parameters on beam resilience
Emmanuel Narváez Castañeda, José César Guerra Vázquez, Roberto Ramírez-Alarcón, Imad Agha, Qiwen Zhan, William N. Plick
Abstract
In this work, we present an extensive analysis on the nature and performance of Ince-Gauss (IG) beams, elliptical solutions of the paraxial wave equation (PWE) that carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), as information carriers in a turbulent atmosphere. We perform numerical simulations of the propagation of these beams, and focus on the effects that the order, degree, and ellipticity parameters have on the robustness of the beams. We find that the choice of basis in which a mode is constructed does not greatly influence the mode performance compared to the effect that the combination of order and degree values have.
Topics & Concepts
Paraxial approximationAngular momentumPhysicsGaussRobustness (evolution)TurbulenceBeam (structure)Computational physicsAtmosphere (unit)OpticsClassical mechanicsMechanicsQuantum mechanicsMeteorologyChemistryGeneBiochemistryOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsOptical Wireless Communication TechnologiesNonlinear Photonic Systems