In this work,a blue gallium nitride(GaN)micro-light-emitting-diode(micro-LED)-based underwater wireless optical communication(UWOC)system was built,and UWOCs with varied Maalox,chlorophyll,and sea salt concentrations ...In this work,a blue gallium nitride(GaN)micro-light-emitting-diode(micro-LED)-based underwater wireless optical communication(UWOC)system was built,and UWOCs with varied Maalox,chlorophyll,and sea salt concentrations were studied.Data transmission performance of the UWOC and the influence of light attenuation were investigated systematically.Maximum data transmission rates at the distance of 2.3 m were 933,800,910,and 790 Mbps for experimental conditions with no impurity,200.48 mg/m3 Maalox,12.07 mg/m3 chlorophyll,and 5 kg/m3 sea salt,respectively,much higher than previously reported systems with commercial LEDs.It was found that increasing chlorophyll,Maalox,and sea salt concentrations in water resulted in an increase of light attenuation,which led to the performance degradation of the UWOC.Further analysis suggests two light attenuation mechanisms,e.g.,absorption by chlorophyll and scattering by Maalox,are responsible for the decrease of maximum data rates and the increase of bit error rates.Based on the absorption and scattering models,excellent fitting to the experimental attenuation coefficient can be achieved,and light attenuation by absorption and scattering at different wavelengths was also investigated.We believe this work is instructive apply UWOC for practical applications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.61705041 and61571135)Shanghai Sailing Program(No.17YF1429100)+2 种基金Shanghai Technical Standard Program(No.18DZ2206000)State Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect Funding(No.SKLIPR1607)National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFB0403603)
文摘In this work,a blue gallium nitride(GaN)micro-light-emitting-diode(micro-LED)-based underwater wireless optical communication(UWOC)system was built,and UWOCs with varied Maalox,chlorophyll,and sea salt concentrations were studied.Data transmission performance of the UWOC and the influence of light attenuation were investigated systematically.Maximum data transmission rates at the distance of 2.3 m were 933,800,910,and 790 Mbps for experimental conditions with no impurity,200.48 mg/m3 Maalox,12.07 mg/m3 chlorophyll,and 5 kg/m3 sea salt,respectively,much higher than previously reported systems with commercial LEDs.It was found that increasing chlorophyll,Maalox,and sea salt concentrations in water resulted in an increase of light attenuation,which led to the performance degradation of the UWOC.Further analysis suggests two light attenuation mechanisms,e.g.,absorption by chlorophyll and scattering by Maalox,are responsible for the decrease of maximum data rates and the increase of bit error rates.Based on the absorption and scattering models,excellent fitting to the experimental attenuation coefficient can be achieved,and light attenuation by absorption and scattering at different wavelengths was also investigated.We believe this work is instructive apply UWOC for practical applications.
