Underwater Wireless Laser-Based Communications Using Optical Phased Array Antennas
An underwater optical wireless communication system concept based on optical phased array antennas is presented. With this optical phased array, a laser beam can be electronically steered to adjust not only the azimuth and elevation angles, but also the beamwidth.The proposed concept simplifies poin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IEEE
2023-01-01
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| Series: | IEEE Photonics Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10255109/ |
| Summary: | An underwater optical wireless communication system concept based on optical phased array antennas is presented. With this optical phased array, a laser beam can be electronically steered to adjust not only the azimuth and elevation angles, but also the beamwidth.The proposed concept simplifies pointing and acquisition challenges between non-aligned transceivers. The performance (in terms of the trade-off between achievable range, bit error rate, and data rate) is explored for different numbers of antenna elements and water types. Also, a suitable scanning method is suggested. |
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| ISSN: | 1943-0655 |