Research Status of Vortex Electromagnetic Wave Wireless Communication Technologies

Linjun ZHAO; Hailin ZHANG; Naian LIU

doi:10.11999/JEIT200899

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Linjun ZHAO, Hailin ZHANG, Naian LIU. Research Status of Vortex Electromagnetic Wave Wireless Communication Technologies[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2021, 43(11): 3075-3085. doi: 10.11999/JEIT200899

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Linjun ZHAO, Hailin ZHANG, Naian LIU. Research Status of Vortex Electromagnetic Wave Wireless Communication Technologies[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2021, 43(11): 3075-3085. doi: 10.11999/JEIT200899

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Research Status of Vortex Electromagnetic Wave Wireless Communication Technologies

doi: 10.11999/JEIT200899

Linjun ZHAO^{1, 2},
Hailin ZHANG^{2
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,},
Naian LIU²

1.
School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineeringg, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, China
2.
School of Telecommunications of Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (61671347, 61876143), The Talent Introduction Foundation of Shaanxi University of Technology (SLGRC20200028)

Received Date: 2020-10-21
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-03

Available Online: 2021-10-23

Publish Date: 2021-11-23

Abstract

Abstract

It is known from electromagnetic momentum that electromagnetic waves can carry Spin Angular Momentum (SAM) related to polarization and Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) related to the trajectory of the Poynting vector. When OAM is not zero, the wave-front electric field distribution of the electromagnetic wave is vortex-like and has the characteristic of propagating along the axial direction. Therefore, this electromagnetic wave is aptly named vortex electromagnetic wave. Based on the mathematical model of the plane electromagnetic wave field, the researchers introduce a Fourier factor that uses the topological charge (also called mode) of the OAM as a parameter to describe the field of the vortex electromagnetic wave. Therefore, the wave-front of the vortex electromagnetic wave with a “polarization” pattern associated with topological charge, the use of polarization patterns of vortex electromagnetic waves in different modes can further increase the spectrum effect of the wireless communication system. Studies show that although it is feasible to generate "planar" vortex electromagnetic wave beams from Uniform Circular Array (UCA) arrays in an open environment, to obtain modal multiplexing gain, and it is necessary to explore vortex electromagnetic wave beams based on orthogonal phase sequences distributed on a unit circle in the complex plane. At the same time, the paper also investigates the current research status of compatibility between OAM and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems in the field of radio frequency.
- Vortex radio,
- OAM-based MIMO,
- Polarized texture,
- Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM),
- Mode orthogonal separation

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