Exploiting the unique intensity gradient of an orbital-angular-momentum beam for accurate receiver alignment monitoring in a free-space communication link
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- 1 September 2015
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 1-3
Abstract
We investigate a pointing and tracking approach for an OAM multiplexing free-space communication link based on the measurement of the intensity gradient of the received beam. The OAM intensity gradient-based approach may potentially improve the system's tracking accuracy.Keywords
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