Long-distance Bessel beam propagation through Kolmogorov turbulence
Free-space optical communication has the potential to transmit information with both high speed and security. However, since it is unguided it suffers from losses due to atmospheric turbulence and diffraction. To overcome the diffraction limits the long-distance propagation of Bessel beams is consid...
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Published in | Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision Vol. 32; no. 11; p. 2066 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
01.11.2015
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Summary: | Free-space optical communication has the potential to transmit information with both high speed and security. However, since it is unguided it suffers from losses due to atmospheric turbulence and diffraction. To overcome the diffraction limits the long-distance propagation of Bessel beams is considered and compared against Gaussian beam properties. Bessel beams are shown to have a number of benefits over Gaussian beams when propagating through atmospheric turbulence. |
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ISSN: | 1520-8532 |
DOI: | 10.1364/JOSAA.32.002066 |