SGER: Underwater Optical Communications with a Small Independent Orientation Device

伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的TiveyResearch研究人员将使用新的磁性传感器技术和使用蓝色LED(发光二极管)设备的新可用的光通信技术来建造和测试一个小型、固态、低功率和无电缆的定位设备。定位装置将被用来确定海底地质特征的方向，就像地质学家使用布伦顿罗盘测量陆地岩层的走向和倾角一样。拟议的仪器将在海底定向测量方面提供一个数量级的改进，并将证明在深海环境中使用蓝色LED技术进行光通信的可行性和健壮性。

0081009TiveyResearchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will build and test a small, solid state, low power, and cable-free orientation device using new magnetic sensor technology and newly available optical communications technology using blue LED (light-emitting diode) devices. The orientation device would be used to determine the orientation of geological features on the seafloor in the same way that geologists use a Brunton compass to measure strike and dips of rock formations on land. The proposed instrument will provide an order of magnitude improvement in seafloor orientation measurements, and it will demonstrate the feasibility and robustness of optical communications using blue LED technology in the deep-sea environment.