High-Speed Underwater Data Transmission System and Method

Abstract

An underwater data transmission system including arrays of nano-meter scaled photon emitters and sensors on an outer surface of an underwater platform. For the emitters, a laser is pulsed to correlate with data packets, providing a beam of photons at a prescribed frequency. Nano-scaled collecting lenses channel the incoming photons to photo-receptors located at a focal plane for the frequency at the base of each lens. A coating on the lenses absorbs photons at the frequency that are not aligned with the longitudinal axes of the lenses or tubes. Nano-wires connect the photo-receptors to a light intensity integrator. The integrator integrates the intensity over a surface area. The output of the integrator is fed to a signal processor to track and process the arriving digital packets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADD020365

Entities

People

  • Promode R. Bandyopadhyay

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Transmission
  • Data Transmission Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Communications
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Focal Planes
  • Frequency
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Platforms
  • Underwater Data
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy