Title :
Power-over-fibre for distributed optical fibre smart sensor networks
Author :
Allwood, G. ; Wild, G. ; Hinckley, S.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Res. Lab., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA, Australia
Abstract :
This study analyses losses associated with network architectures for power-over-fibre in distributed optical fibre smart sensor networks. We show that multiplexing communication and power signals together does not significantly affect the power generated.
Keywords :
intelligent sensors; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; distributed optical fibre smart sensor networks; multiplexing communication; network architectures; optical fibre losses; power signals; power-over-fibre; communictions; photovoltaics; power distribution; sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929881
