Using the combination refraction-reflection solid to design omni-directional light source used in underwater wireless optical communication

Jionghui Rao; Wenming Yao; Linqiang Wen

doi:10.1117/12.2199222

8 October 2015 Using the combination refraction-reflection solid to design omni-directional light source used in underwater wireless optical communication

Jionghui Rao, Wenming Yao, Linqiang Wen

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Proceedings Volume 9679, AOPC 2015: Optical Fiber Sensors and Applications; 96790F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2199222
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2015), 2015, Beijing, China

Abstract

Underwater wireless optical communication is a communication technology which uses laser as an information carrier and transmits data through water. Underwater wireless optical communication has some good features such as broader bandwidth, high transmission rate, better security, anti—interference performance. Therefore, it is promising to be widely used in the civil and military communication domains. It is also suitable for high-speed, short-range communication between underwater mobile vehicles. This paper presents a design approach of omni-directional light source used in underwater wireless optical communication, using TRACEPRO simulation tool to help design a combination solid composed of the lens, conical reflector and parabolic reflector, and using the modulated DPSS green laser in the transmitter module to output the laser beam in small divergence angles, after expanded by the combination refraction-reflection solid, the angle turns into a space divergence angle of 2π, achieving the omni-directional light source of hemisphere space, and test in the air and underwater, the result shows that the effect is fine. This paper analyzes the experimental test in the air and water, in order to make further improvement of the uniformity of light distribution, we optimize the reflector surface parameters of combination refraction-reflection solid and test in the air and water. The result shows that omni-directional light source used in underwater wireless optical communication optimized could achieve the uniformity of light distribution of underwater space divergence angle of 2π. Omni-directional light source used in underwater wireless optical communication designed in this paper has the characteristics of small size and uniformity of light distribution, it is suitable for application between UUVs, AUVs, Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) and other underwater vehicle fleet, it realizes point-to-multipoint communications.

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Jionghui Rao, Wenming Yao, and Linqiang Wen "Using the combination refraction-reflection solid to design omni-directional light source used in underwater wireless optical communication", Proc. SPIE 9679, AOPC 2015: Optical Fiber Sensors and Applications, 96790F (8 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2199222

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