OAM Mode Selection and Space-Time Coding for Atmospheric Turbulence Mitigation in FSO Communication

El Mehdi Amhoud, Abderrahmen Trichili, Boon S. Ooi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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Abstract

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing has recently received considerable interest in free space optical (FSO) communications. Propagating OAM modes through free space may be subject to atmospheric turbulence (AT) distortions that cause intermodal crosstalk and power disparities between OAM modes. In this article, we are interested in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) coherent FSO communication systems using OAM. We propose a selection criterion for OAM modes to minimize the impact of AT. To further improve the obtained performance, we propose a space-time (ST) coding scheme at the transmitter. Through numerical simulations of the error probability, we show that the penalty from AT is completely absorbed for the weak AT regime and considerable coding gains are obtained in the strong AT regime.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)88049-88057
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Access
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): REP/1/3803-01-01
Acknowledgements: This work was partially supported by KAUST-KSU Special Initiative (KKI2) Program, REP/1/3803-01-01.

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