Fundamental System-Degrading Effects in THz Communications Using Multiple OAM beams with Turbulence

Zhe Zhao, Runzhou Zhang, Hao Song, Kai Pang, Ahmed Almaiman, Huibin Zhou, Haoqian Song, Cong Liu, Nanzhe Hu, Xinzhou Su, Amir Minoofar, Shlomo Zach, Nadav Cohen, Moshe Tur, Andreas Molisch, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

We explore and find the fundamental systemdegrading effects when using multiple orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) beams in a THz communications link under atmospheric turbulence in simulation. Unlike optical links with relatively small divergence effects, the crosstalk performance of THz OAM links is dependent on divergence-related parameters, including OAM mode order, frequency, and beam waist. Simulation results show: (i) for the cases with the same ratio of beam diameter to the Fried parameter (D/r0), the signal power increases and the crosstalk (XT) decreases when increasing the divergence-related parameters; and (ii) for the cases with the same atmospheric structure constant Cn2, the signal power decreases and the XT increases when increasing the divergence-related parameters. Moreover, for building a link where OAM +4 is transmitted with the parameters: (i) beam waist of 0.1 m and link distance of 200 m, and (ii) beam waist of 1 m and link distance of 1 km, the XT from neighbouring mode remains less than -15 dB when carrier wave frequency is 1 THz and 0.1 THz, respectively. In addition, simulation results also show that: (i) limited aperture size of the system has high influence on the XT performance under both weak and strong turbulence; and (ii) displacement of the system has high influence on the XT performance under no and weak turbulence.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728150895
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 7 Jun 202011 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
Volume2020-June
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period7/06/2011/06/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) (ECCS-1509965); Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship sponsored by the Basic Research Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for Research and Engineering (R&E) and funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) (N00014-16-1-2813); and Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA 4440646262).

FundersFunder number
Basic Research Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
Defense Security Cooperation AgencyDSCA 4440646262
National Science FoundationECCS-1509965
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-16-1-2813
Astrophysics Science Division

    Keywords

    • Atmospheric turbulence
    • millimeter wave
    • orbital angular momentum
    • spatial-division multiplexing

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