Optical Data Transmission in a Turbid Environment

Abstract

The goal of the proposed work is to measure the effects of varying amounts of suspended particulate near the seafloor on data transmission with a free space, omni-directional, optical link and to test the viability of communicating through the air-sea interface. An optical channel measurement will be performed where received power levels, bit error rate statistics, and raw data "snapshots" will be collected for several transmission rates. A transmissometer will be installed with the equipment to provide real-time water quality information. The proposed work will demonstrate the performance of a free-space optical telemetry system in shallow water in changing optical conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 2014
Accession Number
ADA622046

Entities

People

  • Brent A. Law
  • Christopher R. Sherwood
  • Emmanuel S. Boss
  • John H. Trowbridge
  • Norman E. Farr
  • Paul S. Hill
  • Timothy G. Milligan

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Rate
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Optical Communications
  • Optical Properties
  • Power Levels
  • Power Measurement
  • Seabed
  • Telemetry
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space