DocumentCode
2830589
Title
An Armored Fiber Optic Logging Cable
Author
Gould, G. ; Soodak, C. ; McBee, L. ; Thompson, Richard
Author_Institution
Optelecom, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
fYear
1984
fDate
0-0 Sept. 1984
Firstpage
674
Lastpage
678
Abstract
An ultralow stretch armored cable containing 3 optical fibeRs and 8 electrical conductors has been developed for use in oil well logging operations. A mating cablehead termination, optical transmitter and sensitive receiver have also been developed to provide 3 data transmission channels, each with 10 megabits per second capacity. The system has been undergoing experimental field tests of a confidential nature since October, 1983. Performance specifications and the results of extensive testing will be presented. In addition to the application it was designed for, the basic cable design is particularly suitable for towing sonar and seismic arrays and other types of military and oceanographic payloads. It is believed to be the first truly high performance steel armored fiber optic strain cable.
Keywords
Communication cables; Conductors; Data communication; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Petroleum; System testing; Well logging;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS 1984
Conference_Location
Washington, DC, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1984.1152226
Filename
1152226
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