When the vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) is transmitted in the free space optical communication (FSO) channel
the turbulent medium in which will change the propagation characteristics of the vortex beam
destroy the spiral structure of the wave-front
and ultimately directly affect the stability and reliability of communication. To make up the shortcomings of the previously experimental research in the generalization
a high-power vortex beam array based on coherent beam combining (CBC) technology is selected as the research light source
and a complete system architecture is established from a theoretical point of view to analyze the impact of the amplitude and phase fluctuations caused by atmospheric turbulence on the performance of OAM based FSO communication systems. Applying the optical heterodyne detection (OHD)
the random distribution of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) under turbulent conditions is studied in detail. Based on this
the analytical expression of symbol error probability (SEP) under the condition of Mary Phase-Shift Keying (MPSK) has been derived
and the influence of different turbulence channel parameters
beam parameters and receiver parameters on SEP has been investigated. The results suggest that increasing the beam waist radius of the array sub-beams and the number of the array sub-beams
and reducing the ring radius of the array can improve the beam quality and optimize the system performance. In addition
the smaller topological charge
propagation distance and turbulence intensity
and larger receiver aperture diameter can make the symbol error probability lower and the corresponding communication performance better.
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