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OAM mode quality comparisons for discrete radiating sources

The document discusses the use of electromagnetic waves carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) in optical and wireless communications, focusing on discrete radiating sources. It compares the OAM mode quality of uniform circular antenna arrays (UCA) and rectangular antenna arrays (RAA) at millimeter wave frequencies, highlighting the advantages and complexities of each design. The goal is to optimize low-cost, efficient antenna arrays for high wireless data transfer performance.

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OAM mode quality comparisons for discrete radiating sources

The document discusses the use of electromagnetic waves carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) in optical and wireless communications, focusing on discrete radiating sources. It compares the OAM mode quality of uniform circular antenna arrays (UCA) and rectangular antenna arrays (RAA) at millimeter wave frequencies, highlighting the advantages and complexities of each design. The goal is to optimize low-cost, efficient antenna arrays for high wireless data transfer performance.

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OAM mode quality comparisons for discrete radiating sources

J.Z. Trajković1, A.Ž. Ilić1, S.V. Savić2, N. Maletić3, E. Grass3,4, and M.M. Ilić2
1
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
3
Institute IHP – Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
4
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
e-mail: [email protected]

Electromagnetic (EM) waves carrying the orbital angular momentum (OAM) are currently being
considered for use in optical wireless communications, as well as wireless communications at terahertz
and millimeter wave frequencies [1], [2]. The entire radiating apertures, often used in optical domain,
produce very high quality OAM EM waves. However, partial radiating apertures and discrete OAM
wave sources, considered here, facilitate OAM source reconfiguration as well as multiplexing of
different OAM modes through a single aperture. Moreover, at terahertz and millimeter wave
frequencies, powering and phasing of discrete OAM EM wave sources often becomes increasingly
more complex and costly for a very large number of elements of radiating antenna arrays. Therefore,
it is of interest to use low cost, low profile, efficiently powered and phased antenna arrays consisting
of a limited number of elements, while optimizing the OAM mode quality.

Figure 1. Uniform circular antenna arrays (UCA) are often used to produce the OAM EM waves at
millimeter wave frequencies. Rectangular antenna arrays (RAA) could offer some additional flexibility to the
designer; however, calculation of the RAA element phase shifts is more complex and additional optimization
might be required to attain the same OAM mode quality in comparison with the UCA.

Utilization of uniform circular antenna arrays (UCA) as discrete OAM EM wave sources has been
successful in the millimeter wave frequency band; phasing of the UCA is quite straightforward and
symmetrical antenna arrangements are advantageous from the OAM mode quality viewpoint. However,
the OAM EM wave sources for use in wireless communications have to be electrically large, to allow
the desired system performance. From that point of view, either uniform or non-uniform rectangular
antenna arrays (RAA) provide additional flexibility to the designer, and could benefit from the well
developed theory and implementation methods of conventional antenna arrays [4]. We compare the
OAM mode quality of different antenna array arrangements at millimeter wave frequencies, with an
aim to define the prerequisites for the RAA to attain high wireless data transfer performance.

REFERENCES
[1] A.E. Willner, G. Xie, L. Li, et al, J. Opt. 18, 074014 (2016).
[2] A.Z. Golubović, S.V. Savić, A.Ž. Ilić, M.M. Ilić, Int. J. Electron. Commun. (AEÜ) 165, 154643 (2023).
[3] A.Ž. Ilić, J.Z. Trajković, S.V. Savić, M.M. Ilić, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 56, 255701 (2023).
[4] Y.H. Cho, W.J. Byun, Electron. Lett. 55, 503–504 (2019).

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