Detection of Hermite-Gaussian modes in vortex beams affected by convective turbulence

Gustavo Funes; Benjamin Salgado; Eduardo Peters; Jaime Anguita

doi:10.1117/12.2529970

6 September 2019 Detection of Hermite-Gaussian modes in vortex beams affected by convective turbulence

Gustavo Funes, Benjamin Salgado, Eduardo Peters, Jaime Anguita

Proceedings Volume 11133, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans VIII; 1113304 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529970
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This research is based in the analysis of the decomposition of Laguerre-Gaussian modes into Hermite-Gaussian modes when propagating through turbulence. This effect can be clearly observed by cancelling the original Laguerre-Gaussian beam with another of different topological charge. The results of the propagations of these beams through Kolmogorov phase masks were analyzed, identifying which turbulences achieved the decomposition. The turbulences were then decomposed into the first 15 Zernike polynomials and used as new "Zernike turbulences". We discovered that the turbulence internal process that allows the decomposition has a high correlation with a phase distortion based on a single Zernike polynomial or a combination of them.

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Gustavo Funes, Benjamin Salgado, Eduardo Peters, and Jaime Anguita "Detection of Hermite-Gaussian modes in vortex beams affected by convective turbulence", Proc. SPIE 11133, Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans VIII, 1113304 (6 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529970

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