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Experimental and simulation assessments of underwater light propagation

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This paper investigates the light propagation through several types of water by experimental and simulation. The Zemax-ray tracing software allowed to simulate the propagation of light in water and to observe the receiver response by reproducing the real conditions of propagation. The underwater environment has been reproduced by a 1.2 m long water tube and 20 cm in diameter with a glass window fitted on one side. The use of tap water with different amounts of sand leads toward three types of water with different attenuation coefficients (0.133, 0.343, 0.580 m−1). The light transmission in the three types of water was experimentally evaluated using a doubled Nd:YAG laser with energy of 4.3 mJ and a pulse width of 20 ns. Comparisons were done between simulation and experimental results.

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  1. Faculté des Mathématiques et des Sciences de la Matière, Département de Physique, Univérsité Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Ouargla, 30000, Algérie

    Fatah Almabouada

  2. Division Milieux Ionisés & Lasers, Centre de Développement des Technologies Avancées, Alger, 16303, Algérie

    Fatah Almabouada

  3. Laboratório de Óptica, Laser e Sistemas, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Campus do Lumiar, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, Lisboa, 1649-038, Portugal

    Manuel Adler Abreu & João M. P. Coelho

  4. Faculté des Mathématiques et des Sciences de la Matière, Laboratoire LENREZA, Univérsité Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Ouargla, 30000, Algérie

    Kamal Eddine Aiadi

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Fatah Almabouada received the State Engineer degree (1997) and the Master degree (2013) in Electrical Engineering and is currently a Ph.D. student in Physics at Univérsité Kasdi Merbah Ouargla. At the Centre de Développement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA), he works at the Laser Systems Technologies Team (Ionized Medea and Lasers Division). His research interests include solid-state lasers and applications, optical design and optical instrumentation.

Manuel Adler Abreu has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1989) and a Ph.D. degree in Physics Engineering (1996). At Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Campus do Lumiar (FCUL), he works at the Laboratory of Optics, Lasers and Systems, and is coordinator of the Thematic Line of Instrumentation at the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences. His research interests include optical instrumentation, sensors and optical metrology systems.

João M. P. Coelho has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1992) and a Ph.D. degree in Physics Engineering (2003). At Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Campus do Lumiar (FCUL), he works at the Laboratory of Optics, Lasers and Systems, and is coordinator of the Thematic Line Cancer Therapy and Drug Delivery at the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include laser interaction with matter, biophysics, optical design and optical metrology. In these areas, he has published more than 90 articles in books, journals and proceedings. He has been, and is, project leader, task responsible or just team member in several international projects.

Kamal Eddine Aiadi received his B.S degree in Physics from Batna University (Algeria) and his Master degree from Bridgeport University (USA). He received his Ph.D. degree from Batna University (Algeria). Since 1987, he is a teacher at the Univérsité Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, and researcher, in LENREZA laboratory, at the same university. His research interests include optics, sensors, lasers and renewable energy.

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Almabouada, F., Abreu, M.A., Coelho, J.M.P. et al. Experimental and simulation assessments of underwater light propagation. Front. Optoelectron. 12, 405–412 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-019-0865-x

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