Title :
Fiber sensor network with optical power supply
Author :
Takahashi, Akiko ; Kinoshita, Masahiro ; Kashiwagi, Ken ; Tanaka, Yosuke ; Kurokawa, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We developed fiber sensor network with optically-powered sensor nodes. Power-circuits consisting of single PV-cell and a DC-DC converter supplied stable and sufficient power to sensor nodes with a high conversion efficiency of 25%.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wireless sensor networks; DC-DC converter; PV-cell; fiber sensor network; optical power supply; optically-powered sensor nodes; power-circuits; Monitoring; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber sensors; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Power supplies; Temperature sensors; Voltage; DC-DC converter; MEMS; PV-cell; optical power supply; sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292268
