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Chin. Phys. B, 2021, Vol. 30(6): 064207    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/abd756
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Aperture-averaged scintillation index and fade statistics in weak oceanic turbulence

Hao Wang(王昊)1,2, Fu-Zeng Kang(康福增)1,†, Xuan Wang(王瑄)3,4,‡, Wei Zhao(赵卫)1, and Shu-Wei Sun(孙枢为)1,2
1 State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China;
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
3 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
4 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
Abstract  With the rapid demand for underwater optical communication (UOC), studies of UOC degradation by oceanic turbulence have attached increasing attention worldwide and become a research hot-spot in recent years. Previous studies used a simplified and inaccurate oceanic turbulence spectrum, in which the eddy diffusivity ratio between temperature and salinity is assumed to be unity and the outer scale of turbulence is assumed to be infinite. However, both assumptions are not true in most of the actual marine environments. In this paper, based on the Rytov theory in weak turbulence, we derive analytical expressions of "the aperture-averaged scintillation index" (SI) for both plane and spherical waves, which can clearly demonstrate how SI is influenced by several key factors in UOC. Then, typical fade statistics of the UOC system in weak turbulence is discussed including the probability of fade, the expected number of fades per time, the mean fade time, signal-to-noise ratio and bit error rate. Our results show that spherical wave is preferable in the UOC system in weak turbulence compared to plane wave, and the aperture-averaged effect has a significant impact on UOC system's performance. Our results can be used to determine those key parameters for designing the UOC system over reasonable ranges.
Keywords:  underwater optical communication (UOC)      aperture-averaged scintillation index      fade statistics  
Received:  14 October 2020      Revised:  10 December 2020      Accepted manuscript online:  30 December 2020
PACS:  42.68.Xy (Ocean optics)  
  42.68.Ay (Propagation, transmission, attenuation, and radiative transfer)  
  42.25.Bs (Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)  
Fund: Project supported by the fund from Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics.
Corresponding Authors:  Fu-Zeng Kang, Xuan Wang     E-mail:  kangfuzeng@opt.ac.cn;xw@iphy.ac.cn

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Hao Wang(王昊), Fu-Zeng Kang(康福增), Xuan Wang(王瑄), Wei Zhao(赵卫), and Shu-Wei Sun(孙枢为) Aperture-averaged scintillation index and fade statistics in weak oceanic turbulence 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 064207

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