Experimental validation of a Monte Carlo model for determining the temporal response of the underwater optical communications channel

Brandon M. Cochenour; Alan Laux

doi:10.1117/12.2177840

19 May 2015 Experimental validation of a Monte Carlo model for determining the temporal response of the underwater optical communications channel

Brandon M. Cochenour, Alan Laux

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Proceedings Volume 9459, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII; 94590A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177840
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Recent interest in high speed laser communications underwater has restimulated theoretical studies in laser propagation in turbid media. In particular, the characterization of temporal dispersion is of paramount importance in order to predict the bandwidth and capacity of underwater optical channels. While the temporal aspects of underwater laser propagation have received attention from the modeling community in the past, few if any of these models have been validated with experimental data. However recent advances in hardware technology now enable experimental characterization at high speeds (~GHz). Such measurements have been made by the authors.¹ In this work, we develop a Monte Carlo model, and present initial results validated against the aforementioned experimental data.

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Brandon M. Cochenour and Alan Laux "Experimental validation of a Monte Carlo model for determining the temporal response of the underwater optical communications channel", Proc. SPIE 9459, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII, 94590A (19 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177840

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