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Research Progress on Propagation of Vortex Beams in Atmospheric Turbulence

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Xiwen Li Xiwen Li 1
Jingyuan Liang Jingyuan Liang 1
Xizheng Ke Xizheng Ke 1,2 * ORCID
1 School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
2 Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Collaborative Network for Civil-Military Integration, Xi’an 710048, China
* Corresponding Author: Xizheng Ke, [email protected]
Volume 1, Issue 1
Volume 1, Issue 1 2026
Received: 21 April 2026 Accepted: 19 May 2026 Published: 02 July 2026 CrossMark
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Abstract

Vortex beams carrying orbital angular momentum enable a new multiplexing dimension for optical wireless communications. However, atmospheric turbulence induces beam broadening, intensity scintillation, beam wander, angle-of-arrival fluctuations, and OAM crosstalk, degrading propagation performance. This review summarizes the fundamental theories of vortex beams and atmospheric turbulence, analyzes turbulence-induced effects, and surveys domestic and international research progress, introduces representative research achievements of the team from Xi'an University of Technology, and finally prospects the future development directions of this field.

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Research Progress on Propagation of Vortex Beams in Atmospheric Turbulence

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orbital angular momentum atmospheric turbulence vortex beam propagation characteristics turbulence effect

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This work was supported in part by the Key Industrial Innovation Chain Project of Shaanxi Province under Grant 2017ZDCXL-GY-06-01, and in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant 61377080.

Conflicts of Interest

Xizheng Ke served as an Editor-in-Chief of the Optical Wireless Communication at the time of manuscript submission. To ensure the integrity of the peer-review process, Xizheng Ke was not involved in the editorial handling, peer review, or decision-making process for this manuscript, which was handled independently by another editor. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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  abstract = {Vortex beams carrying orbital angular momentum enable a new multiplexing dimension for optical wireless communications. However, atmospheric turbulence induces beam broadening, intensity scintillation, beam wander, angle-of-arrival fluctuations, and OAM crosstalk, degrading propagation performance. This review summarizes the fundamental theories of vortex beams and atmospheric turbulence, analyzes turbulence-induced effects, and surveys domestic and international research progress, introduces representative research achievements of the team from Xi'an University of Technology, and finally prospects the future development directions of this field.},
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