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We analyze the effects of non-Kolmogorov turbulence on the orbital angular momentum of a photon-beam propagation through atmosphere. The probability models of the orbital angular momentum crosstalk for single photons propagation in the channel with the non-Kolmogorov turbulence aberration have been established. It is found that the crosstalk among orbits increases as the orbital angular momentum quantum number of launch beam rises, the ground turbulence strength \({C_n^{2} \left( 0 \right)}\) enhances or the non-Kolmogorov parameter α of turbulence-channel increases. As non-Kolmogorov parameter α approaches 4, the crosstalk probabilities among neighbor orbits are approximately the same.
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Sheng, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, X. et al. The effects of non-Kolmogorov turbulence on the orbital angular momentum of a photon-beam propagation in a slant channel. Opt Quant Electron 43, 121–127 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-011-9512-5
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