Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 54, Issue 5, 0501001(2025)
Recognizing OAM Signals under Atmospheric Turbulence Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) beams, with their theoretically infinite topological charge and orthogonality, demonstrate significant potential for enhancing the capacity of communication systems. In OAM Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication systems, atmospheric turbulence acts as a significant technical bottleneck, causing optical wavefront distortion and leading to effects such as scintillation, beam expansion, beam wander, and arrival angle fluctuation. These effects reduce the recognition accuracy of OAM beam topological charges, thereby increasing the bit error rate in OAM-FSO systems. To address this, a deep learning-based approach utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) has emerged, capturing OAM beam intensity images after turbulence transmission via Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs). However, the recognition speed is constrained by the low frame rate of area array CCDs and the relatively slow processing speed of deep learning on PC. CCD cameras typically operate at tens of Hz, while PC-side data processing rates are generally in the kHz range, which is insufficient for high-speed OAM-FSO communication applications.This paper proposes a novel recognition scheme to improve CNN recognition speed. The scheme employs a cylindrical lens and Photodiode Array (PDA) to convert the two-dimensional intensity signal of superimposed OAM light fields into a one-dimensional signal, thereby reducing the computational complexity. A one-dimensional CNN is implemented on a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), referred to as CNN-FPGA, enabling high-speed signal processing and recognition. The scheme is theoretically analyzed using the Hill-Andrews model and random phase screen simulations. The same dataset is used to train and test both the refined CNN, referred to as model2, and a conventional CNN. The model2 achieves 99.0% recognition accuracy in a 200-m channel with a turbulence intensity of
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Xinyu ZHANG, Jin WANG, Jie XUE, Bing ZHU. Recognizing OAM Signals under Atmospheric Turbulence Using Convolutional Neural Networks[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(5): 0501001
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Received: Nov. 11, 2024
Accepted: Mar. 4, 2025
Published Online: Jun. 18, 2025
The Author Email: Bing ZHU (zbing@ustc.edu.cn)