On Performance of Underwater Wireless Optical Communications Under Turbulence

In this paper, we consider the impact of turbulence on performance of UWOC systems and investigate capacity and bit-error rate (BER) of underwater wireless optical links under weak and strong turbulence by deriving the expressions of average capacity and BER. Numerical results suggest that turbulence degrades both capacity and BER performance as expected. This work provides a theoretical analysis tool for system design and performance evaluation of UWOC systems.