Title :
Influence of thick atmospheric turbulence on the propagation of quantum states of light using spatial mode encoding
Author :
Rodenburg, Brandon ; Malik, Mehul ; Sullivan, Malcolm O. ; Mirhosseini, Mohammad ; Steinhoff, Nicholas K. ; Tyler, Glenn A. ; Boyd, Robert W.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
The effects of thick turbulence on transverse modes of light carrying orbital angular momentum are studied theoretically and experimentally. These results have potentially important implications for free-space quantum communications systems.
Keywords :
atmospheric optics; atmospheric turbulence; quantum communication; free-space quantum communications systems; light quantum state propagation; light transverse modes; orbital angular momentum; spatial mode encoding; thick atmospheric turbulence; Communication channels; Communication systems; Correlation; Educational institutions; Encoding; Optimized production technology; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
