Study of Propagation of Airy Array Vortex Beams in Turbulent Atmosphere

A circular phased-locked Airy beam array carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) propagating through turbulent atmosphere is investigated in detail. The results testify that the OAM modes generated by the array are closely associated with the number of beamlets, requiring the number of beamlets at least twice more than the values of the OAM topological charge to transmit signal precisely. Furthermore, through multiple-phase-screen simulations, it is shown that the anti-jamming performance of an Airy beam array is significantly enhanced.