FIELD:
data transmission systems;
laser technology;
fiber optics.SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for
wireless optical communications,
quantum communications and data protection. A
wireless optical communication device is proposed, which includes an
optical transmitter comprising: a first optical element dividing an
incident beam into a given number of spatially separated beams – channels and forming a grid of spatially separated beams, implementing modulation of the
complex amplitude of the spatially separated beams, encoding
information data; combining the channels into a single multiplexed beam; an optical
receiver receiving the multiplexed beam and comprising a second optical element implementing spatial separation by
modes for demultiplexing the received beam and decoding the information; a
detector configured to receive demultiplexed
modes from the second optical element, a control module including: a control computer setting the parameters of the information
signal, a computing unit implementing a
discrete Fourier transform of the
binary information signal and converting the
binary information signal into a
discrete set of signals for controlling a multichannel optimizing phase processor and an amplitude controller.EFFECT: forming a phased optical array that generates a synthesized beam having a spectrum of orbital
angular momentum modes that correspond to a set of orthogonal modes determined by the
Fourier transform of an information signal, propagating the synthesized beam through the free
atmosphere, receiving the synthesized beam and demultiplexing the received
radiation by an orbital
angular momentum mode sorter into a certain number of spatially separated modes corresponding to different modes of the orbital
angular momentum of the received
radiation and recording them, wherein the set of registered modes at each moment in time determines a binary sequence corresponding to the information signal.2 cl, 12 dwg