Title :
Photonic Power: Delivering Power Over Fiber for Optical Networks
Author :
Werthen, Jan-Gustav ; Cohen, Mort
Abstract :
Photonic power harnesses the power of light to offer a new means of power delivery over non-conductive fiber. It is well suited for delivering power in all-optical networks by utilizing available fiber bundles for driving low power switches or actuators while assuring immunity to lightning, sparking, and cross talk effects. It could be a means of assuring path diversity in upstream data delivery in PON architectures, and for providing battery backup power in case of power outages.
Keywords :
electric actuators; low-power electronics; optical fibre networks; optical switches; PON architectures; actuators; all-optical networks; cross talk effects; low power switches; non-conductive fiber; path diversity; photonic power; photonic power harnesses; power over fiber; upstream data delivery; Bandwidth; Copper; Fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2006. PS '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heraklion, Crete
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2006.4350205
