A power-over-fiber system and its low consumption remote equipment for submarine applications

Abstract

International audienceA power-over-fiber system using a single fiber optic of 10km devoted to transmit the energy to supply a remote equipment and also the up/down-stream data exchanged between a shore station and the equipment, is presented in this paper. Firstly, we present an overview of the developed quasi-all-optical architecture and its main communication protocol: the SPI. Then, we focus on its low consumption remote equipment and more precisely on a device called “the interface instrument” which is made of two main units. One realizes the optical toelectrical conversion to provide the power supply. The other one manages the optical data. Afterwards, experimental characterizations of the prototype are given and discussed

Technology update on patent and development trend of power over fiber: a critical review and future prospects

“…The optical power obtained from the laser is distributed over 300 m MMF, and the output power from PVC is regulated at 3.3 V. The system is designed for distributed antenna system application 42 . According to Perhirin et al., 6 an optical prototype dedicated to low-power submarine sensors that use PoF technology was demonstrated. The LD used has a central wavelength 1500 to 1600 nm and the power is transmitted along 10 km of optical fiber.…”

“…A photovoltaic (PV) converter converts the optical power into electrical power at the receiving end. The system has been studied in various applications such as Internet of Things (IoT), 2 – 4 optical powering of remote antenna units, 5 – 8 sensor monitoring systems, 4 , 5 submarines, 6 , 7 video camera systems, 8 , 9 and high voltage applications 10 – 12 PoF is also found to be a safer alternative in distributing power using optical fiber.…”

Design, Characterization, and Test of a Versatile Single-Mode Power-Over-Fiber and Communication System for Seafloor Observatories

“…On the other hand, the electronic interface at the sensor node should be able to power and connect the marine sensors to PoF system. For proof-of-concept purposes, electronic interfaces at both sides were suggested and developed for a 5 km PoF application [15]. This PoF system was able to retrieve an acoustic signal from a passive hydrophone connected to the sensor node.…”

“…Extensive analysis works were thus carried out in order to study power and data interactions on the fiber [13,14]. A first complete prototype [15,16] was also set up to collect information from a hydrophone. The application was nevertheless very focused and limited.…”