Transmitting optical data through atmospheric turbulence without needing to correct for distortion by exploiting structured light properties

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1141566

"open air warps light, requiring complex adaptive optics/ heavy calculations measuring/ restoring signal... overcome encoding data into skyrmions based on topology, which remains invariant even when object severely stretched/ deformed... in a test, preserved complex optical modes across hundreds of meters of open space... simpler, more robust path for long-distance optical and satellite communications... high-bandwidth free-space optical communications/ satellite-to-ground networks"