2015/07/24 by Fabio Spinello, Elettra Mari, Spinello, Fabio +16 · 29 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Aerospace engineering #Angular momentum #Circular buffer #Communications system #Computer network #Computer science #Electronic engineering #Encryption #Engineering #FOS: Physical sciences #Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications #Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies #Multiplexing #Optics #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Orbital angular momentum multiplexing #Orbital angular momentum of light #Physics #Range (aeronautics) #Secure communication #Telecommunications #Tilt (camera) #Total angular momentum quantum number #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.06889
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University)
arxiv created 2015/07/24 · openalex publication_date 2015/07/24 · arxiv updated 2015/07/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A short range experimental communication system, based on Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) multiplexing, is presented. We characterize circular arrays of patch antennas designed to transmit and receive OAM electromagnetic fields, reporting new results on communication links based on such antennas. We also experimentally study the antennas tolerance to misalignment errors (angular tilt and lateral shift) within which OAM multiplexing can be efficiently exploited. Starting from these results, we finally propose an application to short range communications of OAM-based systems that can lead to a high level of security in the information exchange.