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An underwater data transmission system including arrays of nano-meter scaled photon emitters and sensors on an outer surface of an underwater platform. For the emitters, a laser is pulsed to correlate with data packets, providing a beam of photons at a prescribed frequency. Nano-scaled collecting le

An underwater data transmission system including arrays of nano-meter scaled photon emitters and sensors on an outer surface of an underwater platform. For the emitters, a laser is pulsed to correlate with data packets, providing a beam of photons at a prescribed frequency. Nano-scaled collecting lenses channel the incoming photons to photo-receptors located at a focal plane for the frequency at the base of each lens. A coating on the lenses absorbs photons at the frequency that are not aligned with the longitudinal axes of the lenses or tubes. Nano-wires connect the photo-receptors to a light intensity integrator. The integrator integrates the intensity over a surface area. The output of the integrator is fed to a signal processor to track and process the arriving digital packets.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A system for underwater data transmission, said system comprising:a photon source capable of providing a beam of electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined frequency with the beam capable of being pulsed to encode data of the underwater data transmission;an array of photo-re

What is claimed is: 1. A system for underwater data transmission, said system comprising:a photon source capable of providing a beam of electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined frequency with the beam capable of being pulsed to encode data of the underwater data transmission;an array of photo-receptors configured to collect the electromagnetic radiation;at least one integrator in communication with a plurality of photo-receptors of said array of photo-receptors, said at least one integrator capable of receiving signals from said plurality of photo-receptors corresponding to an intensity of said electromagnetic radiation collected by said plurality of photo-receptors with said at least one integrator integrating the intensity over said plurality of photo-receptors; anda signal processor in communication with said at least one integrator, said signal processor capable of receiving signals from said at least one integrator corresponding to the integrated intensity, said signal processor capable of determining the transmitted data based on an intensity-time track of the integrated intensity for the pulsed beam of electromagnetic radiation at the predetermined frequency;wherein each photo-receptor of said array of photo-receptors comprises an elongated lens having an optical opening therein to collect electromagnetic radiation in a direction aligned with a longitudinal axis of said opening;wherein each photo-receptor of said array of photo-receptors comprises a coating on an interior surface of said opening to absorb the electromagnetic radiation of the predetermined frequency.