EO Signal Propagation in a Simulated Underwater Turbulence Environment.

摘要

Underwater electro-optical, or EO, transmission is a function of medium properties and constituents within. While the majority of the research focus has been on the constituents, especially the particulate forms, recent research indicates that under certain conditions, the apparent signal degradation could also be caused by variations of the index of refraction associated with temperature and salinity microstructure in oceans and lakes. These would inherently affect optical signal transmission underwater, which is important to both civilian and military applications involving search and rescue, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance applications, as well as optical communications.