Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi’an 710119, China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China
3. Institute of Telecommunication and Navigation Satellites, CAST, Beijing 100094, China
Abstract
Underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) in harbor waters can facilitate real-time monitoring underwater instruments for environmental monitoring, underwater inspection, and maintenance tasks. This study delves into the complex dynamics of UWOC in four distinct harbor waters. The research employs Monte Carlo method incorporated with Fournier–Forand scattering phase function for simulating photon transmission. Key parameters such as the Transmitted full divergence angle, received aperture, and Field of View (FOV) are meticulously evaluated for their impact on power loss and time delay spread. Notably, the normalized power loss and time delay spread are found to be more significantly affected by communication distance than water quality, and the traditional Beer–Lambert law is ineffective in harbor water. The power loss of Harbor II, III, and IV are found to be 14.00 dB, 31.59 dB, and 41.59 dB lower than that of Harbor I, and the time delay spread of Harbor II, III, and IV is 30.56%, 9.67%, and 0.49% times that of the Harbor I under certain conditions. In addition, increasing the received aperture and FOV, particularly over longer distance, make little contribution to reduce the power loss and mitigate the time delay spread. Based on the fixed transmitted full divergence angle, the most applicable received FOV range is 1–3.2 rad, and the most ideal received aperture is 0.15–0.4 m. Under these conditions, the variation in normalized power loss is less than 2 dB. Additionally, the time delay spread remains within the same order of magnitude with the attenuation length (AL) held constant. These conclusions hold substantial technical relevance for the engineering design of UWOC systems in harbor waters.
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