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. 2017 Dec 12;7:17427. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17580-y

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effects of misalignment on system performance. (ad) Illustration of OAM-based communications link with perfect alignment, displacement, tip/tilt error at Rx, and tip/tilt error at Tx, respectively. (e) and (f) Received OAM spectrum with perfect alignment and misalignment between the transmitter and the receiver, respectively. (gi) Received power on different OAM modes under horizontal, vertical, and simulated displacement when OAM −1 is transmitted. The roundtrip transmission distance is ~100 m and the tracking system is off. The displacement refers to the distance between the OAM beam center and the center of the receiver. Tx:−1, Rx: +3: received power on OAM +3 mode when OAM −1 beam is transmitted.