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OUT-OF-SIGHT
OCEAN OPTICS
Through innovation in equipment
design and science applications from
hydrocarbon detection to remote sensing,
our researchers and their partners
are providing answers to some of
oceanography's biggest challenges.
ADVANCES BY OUR OCEAN OPTICS
RESEARCHERS INCLUDE:
• Imaging through turbulence with a serial laser
imaging system using compressive sensing and a
digital micro-mirror device
• Remote detecƟ on oĨ opƟ cal properƟ es and parƟ cle
Į elds with lidar systems
• DulƟ staƟ c unobtrusive eye-saĨe serial lidar Ĩor
monitoring and classiĮ caƟ on oĨ marine wildliĨe
• etecƟ on and tracŬing oĨ mobile underwater
targets using bistaƟ c lidar
• Physical layer channel models and hardware
development Ĩor high-bandwidth undersea laser
communicaƟ ons and networŬing architectures
• ParƟ cle characterinjaƟ on with custom opƟ cal
scaƩ ering sensors and an in-water holographic
imaging microscope
• RadiaƟ ve transĨer invesƟ gaƟ ons Ĩor imaging and
communicaƟ ons based on state-oĨ-the-art
opƟ cal measurements
• Reliable long-term monitoring oĨ environmental
biogeochemical parameters
• Eext-generaƟ on validaƟ on and algorithm
development Ĩor ocean color remote sensing
Researchers with extraordinary vision have been a
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approximately ϭϱ marine scienƟ sts engineers
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do learn more about what we do please visit
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5600 U.S. 1 North
Fort Pierce, Florida 34946
www.fau.edu/hboi