Dynamic Demultiplexing of Low-Loss Spatial Modes in Strong Turbulence Using Reconfigurable Photonics

A reconfigurable-SOI-photonics platform capable of dynamically multiplexing and demultiplexing an orthogonal basis of low-loss optical-modes through a 1 km equiva-lent free-space channel is demonstrated. The channel-defined orthogonal basis is determined by utilizing singular value decomposition.