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Jing Du, Jian Wang

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Optical Communications

Background:

Bessel beams possess unique properties, including orbital angular momentum (OAM) and nondiffracting characteristics.
OAM states of light are orthogonal, offering a new dimension for data encoding and decoding.
Nondiffracting beams can self-recover from obstructions, crucial for line-of-sight free-space optical communications.

Purpose of the Study:

To experimentally demonstrate obstruction-free optical communication using Bessel beams.
To investigate the potential of Bessel beams for high-dimensional structured light coding/decoding.
To evaluate the bit error rate (BER) performance of different coding schemes with Bessel beams.

Main Methods:

Utilized visible Bessel beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM).
Implemented optical m-ary coding/decoding in a free-space optical communication system.
Experimentally tested communication over a 12-meter distance with introduced obstructions.

Main Results:

Successfully demonstrated 12-meter obstruction-free optical m-ary coding/decoding using Bessel beams.
Achieved a zero bit error rate (BER) for hexadecimal coding/decoding with obstructions present.
Analyzed BER performance for hexadecimal and 32-ary coding based on varying topological numbers.

Conclusions:

Bessel beams' OAM and nondiffracting properties are highly effective for robust free-space optical communication.
The demonstrated system offers a promising solution for reliable data transmission in the presence of obstacles.
High-dimensional coding using Bessel beams shows potential for future optical communication systems.