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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Modular Laser Combat System for Remotely Operated Vehicles: Bridging the Gap Between Computer Simulation and Live Fire

Fulenwider, Thomas Edward 01 June 2010 (has links)
In the emerging industry of small unmanned vehicles, pioneered by small businesses and research institutions, a suitable combat system test platform is needed. Computer simulations are useful, but do not provide the definitive proof of effective operation necessary for deployment of a combat system. What is needed is an affordable simulated weapons system that enables live flight testing without the used of live weaponry. A framework is developed here for the construction of a simulated weapon using Free Space Optical (FSO) infrared communication. It is developed in such a way to ensure compatibility with a variety of platforms including ground and aerial vehicles, so that identical but configurable modules can be used on any vehicle that is to take place in a live combat simulation. A proof-of-concept implementation of this modular laser combat system framework is also presented and tested. The implemented system shows the value of such a simulated weapons system and future areas of improvement are also explored.
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[pt] COMUNICAÇÕES ÓPTICAS DE ESPAÇO LIVRE POR CONTAGEM DE FÓTONS PARA USO EM ENLACES ENTRE EMBARCAÇÕES E ESTAÇÕES COSTEIRAS / [en] FREE-SPACE PHOTON COUNTING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR USE IN VESSEL-TO-SHORE LINKS

RAFAEL FREITAS BARBOSA 23 February 2021 (has links)
[pt] Este trabalho apresenta o estudo de comunicação óptica quântica no infravermelho, utilizando um sistema híbrido fibra-óptica – espaço-livre, como prova de princípio para o estabelecimento de chaves secretas a fim de utilização em criptografia do tipo one-time pad. Ao modular a polarização da luz de um laser em polarizações ortogonais, podem-se codificar os bits clássicos 1 e 0 em cada uma dessas polarizações, sendo detectadas por detectores contadores de fótons únicos, e, assim, utilizar o canal quântico para transmissão dos bits quânticos entre dois interlocutores, utilizandoos para o estabelecimento da chave criptográfica, que pode ser usada em qualquer tipo de informação a ser transmitida por um canal clássico ou quântico. Ao realizar a transmissão em espaço-livre, sujeita a variações climáticas, como temperatura atmosférica, luz solar, presença de nuvens, chuva e vento, foi também estudada a influência destes fenômenos na qualidade da transmissão e dos dados obtidos. Os resultados experimentais demonstraram consistência com a teoria e com outros trabalhos publicados na área até esta data com relação às taxas de erro de bit quântico e também à taxa de transmissão de bits. As taxas de erro obtidas, por estarem abaixo do limiar teórico para segurança da informação em comunicação quântica, provam, ainda, a possibilidade de estabelecimento de chave secreta para criptografia através do uso de distribuição quântica das chaves (QKD). Os resultados também apresentaram boa qualidade da informação recuperada após a descriptografia. / [en] This work presents the study of optical quantum communication in the infrared region, using a hybrid optical-fiber – free-space system, as proof of principle for the agreement on secret keys by two parties for use in one-time pad encryption. By modulating the polarization of laser light into orthogonal polarizations, one can encode the classic bits 1 and 0 in each of these polarizations, being detected by single photon counter detectors, and can use the quantum channel to transmit the quantum bits between two interlocutors. It is then possible to use those bits to establish the cryptographic key, which can be used in any type of information to be transmitted by a classic or quantum channel. While carrying out transmission in free space optics, subject to climatic variations, such as atmospheric temperature, sunlight, presence of clouds and rain, and the presence of wind, the influence of these phenomena on the quality of transmission and on the data obtained was also studied. The experimental results showed consistency with the theory and with other works published to date with regard to quantum bit error rates and to the bit rate. The error rates obtained, being below the theoretical threshold for information security in quantum communication, further proves the possibility of establishing a secret key for encryption through the use of quantum key distribution (QKD). It also presented good quality on the information recovered after decryption.

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