The Investigation of Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Links Using the Total Reflection at the Air-Water Interface in the Presence of Waves

Lv, Zhijian1,2; He, Gui1; Yang, Hang1; Chen, Rui1; Li, Yuxin1; Zhang, Wenwei2; Qiu, Chengfeng1; Liu, Zhaojun1

2022-08-01

10.3390/photonics9080525

PHOTONICS   Impact Factor & Quartile

2304-6732

With the development of underwater exploration, underwater networking is in urgent demand. At present, underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) is primarily based on line-of-sight (LOS) communication links. However, the underwater environment is so complicated that LOS communication links are easily affected by a couple of factors such as air bubbles, turbidity, oceanic turbulence, and so on. We put forward novel UWOC links using the total reflection at the air-water interface, which can mitigate those phenomena. This paper aims to investigate a UWOC link based on the total reflection at the air-water interface. In our work, we achieved the maximum data rate of 300 Mb /s and a bit error rate (BER) of 3.10 x 10(-3) under the forward error correction (FEC) with the total reflection angle of 7 degrees. Furthermore, we verified the performance of the total reflection-based UWOC links at the air-water interface in the presence of waves and evaluated the impact on the UWOC links when the frequency and amplitude of the waves varied.

underwater wireless optical communication micro-LED air-water interface

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First ; Corresponding

Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students' Scientific and Technological Innovation ("Climbing Program" Special Funds)[pdjh2020b0521] ; Key-Area Research and Development Program of GuangDong Province[2019B010925001] ; Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Innovation Team[KQTD201708101103-13773] ; Guangdong Science and Technology[2017B010114002] ; Natural Science Foundation of Top Talent of SZTU[GDRC202108]

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Optics

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1.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
2.Shenzhen Technol Univ, Sino German Coll Intelligent Mfg, Shenzhen 518118, Peoples R China

Lv, Zhijian,He, Gui,Yang, Hang,et al. The Investigation of Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Links Using the Total Reflection at the Air-Water Interface in the Presence of Waves[J]. PHOTONICS,2022,9(8).

Lv, Zhijian.,He, Gui.,Yang, Hang.,Chen, Rui.,Li, Yuxin.,...&Liu, Zhaojun.(2022).The Investigation of Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Links Using the Total Reflection at the Air-Water Interface in the Presence of Waves.PHOTONICS,9(8).

Lv, Zhijian,et al."The Investigation of Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Links Using the Total Reflection at the Air-Water Interface in the Presence of Waves".PHOTONICS 9.8(2022).