Banyan
Abstract
The goal of the Banyan program is to develop novel approaches to monitor the maritime environment using advanced opto-acoustic sensing techniques on existing undersea cables. Continuing the environmental monitoring initiatives established in Ocean of Things (budgeted in this PE/Project), Banyan will advance the United Nations Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (SMART) Cable Initiatives in detecting events in maritime environments such as seismic activity, tsunami activity, and ocean temperature deviations. DARPA will examine the ability of phase and/or polarization changes in fiber optic signals to monitor these phenomena. Banyan will develop advanced signal processing to measure how these phenomena impart changes to the refractive coefficient of optical fiber in existing data cables to both detect and localize these events. Banyan will ultimately transition to the Services.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 88ba80deb96deb4b6c211bfdab1c96dd