Due to the proliferation of underwater vehicles and sensors,underwater wireless optical communication(UWOC)is a key enabler for ocean exploration with a strong reliance on short-range bandwidth-intensive communication...Due to the proliferation of underwater vehicles and sensors,underwater wireless optical communication(UWOC)is a key enabler for ocean exploration with a strong reliance on short-range bandwidth-intensive communications.A stable optical link is of primary importance for UWOC.A compact,low-power,and low-cost acquisition,pointing,and tracking(APT)system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated to realign the optical link within 0.04 s,even when the UWOC transmitter and receiver are in relative motion.The system successfully achieves rapid auto-alignment through a 4 m tap water channel with a relatively large number of bubbles.Furthermore,the required minimum illumination value is measured to be as low as7.1 lx,implying that the proposed APT scheme is robust to dim underwater environments.Meanwhile,mobility experiments are performed to verify the performance of the APT system.The proposed system can rapidly and automatically align moving targets in complex and unstable underwater environments,which can potentially boost the practical applications of UWOC.展开更多
在空间光通信中,捕获、跟踪、对准(Acquistion,Tracking and Pointing-ATP)是实现空间光通信的关键技术,故而该技术日益成为研究的热点。在ATP技术中用来实现目标捕获、跟瞄的光电传感器件大致有三种,即PSD(Position Sensitive Devices)...在空间光通信中,捕获、跟踪、对准(Acquistion,Tracking and Pointing-ATP)是实现空间光通信的关键技术,故而该技术日益成为研究的热点。在ATP技术中用来实现目标捕获、跟瞄的光电传感器件大致有三种,即PSD(Position Sensitive Devices)、QD(Quadrant Detector)和CCD(Charge-CoupledDevice)。在这些传感器之中,最简单、最有效也最常用的便是QD。本文对QD在探测中的性能进行了具体的分析和研究。展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.61971378 and 61671409)National Key Research and DevelopmentProgram of China(Nos.2016YFC1401202,2017YFC0306601,and2017YFC0306100)Strategic Priority Research Program of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences(No.XDA22030208)。
文摘Due to the proliferation of underwater vehicles and sensors,underwater wireless optical communication(UWOC)is a key enabler for ocean exploration with a strong reliance on short-range bandwidth-intensive communications.A stable optical link is of primary importance for UWOC.A compact,low-power,and low-cost acquisition,pointing,and tracking(APT)system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated to realign the optical link within 0.04 s,even when the UWOC transmitter and receiver are in relative motion.The system successfully achieves rapid auto-alignment through a 4 m tap water channel with a relatively large number of bubbles.Furthermore,the required minimum illumination value is measured to be as low as7.1 lx,implying that the proposed APT scheme is robust to dim underwater environments.Meanwhile,mobility experiments are performed to verify the performance of the APT system.The proposed system can rapidly and automatically align moving targets in complex and unstable underwater environments,which can potentially boost the practical applications of UWOC.
