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Optical Communications
Information Optics

Background:

Spatially homogeneous polarizations (linear, circular, elliptical) are well-established light properties.
Vector light beams with spatially variant polarization states offer expanded functionalities beyond traditional polarizations.
Visible-light communication (VLC) is an emerging field for high-speed data transmission.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a visible-light communication link that utilizes high-base vector beam encoding and decoding.
To demonstrate the generation and application of multiple vector beam states for data encoding in VLC.
To evaluate the communication performance and error rates of this novel encoding scheme.

Main Methods:

Generation of 16 distinct vector beam states using a single phase-only spatial light modulator.
Encoding hexadecimal numbers onto these vector beam states for data transmission.
Experimental transmission of a random high-base number sequence and a Lena gray image via the visible-light communication link.
Evaluation of the bit error rate (BER) to assess communication accuracy.

Main Results:

Successfully generated 16 states of vector beams representing hexadecimal numbers.
Transmitted a sequence of 10,000 hexadecimal numbers and a 64x64 pixel Lena gray image (8192 hexadecimal numbers).
Achieved a bit error rate of zero for all received hexadecimal numbers, indicating high fidelity.

Conclusions:

The proposed high-base vector beam encoding/decoding scheme offers favorable communication performance in a visible-light link.
Vector beam encoding provides a robust method for data transmission in optical communication systems.
This technology holds promise for advanced applications in optical communications and information processing.