Study of the optical phenomena in a 10 km long optically powered data link dedicated to a submarine cabled observatory

Author

Audo, F. ; Perhirin, Steven ; Quintard, V. ; Guegan, M. ; Ghisa, L. ; Perennou, A.

Author_Institution

Lab.-STICC, Univ. Eur. de Bretagne (UEB), Brest, France

fYear

2013

fDate

10-14 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

We describe a 10 km long optically powered data link dedicated to a submarine cabled observatory. A single optical fiber is deployed to both transmit the exchanged data and the energy to supply the remote instrument. We focus on the optical phenomena which occur in the optical fiber due to the presence of the high optical power, and its superimposition with the optical data streams. We study the advantages, the constraints and the limits of such a system, and we determine the best configuration to collect the maximum electrical power after the O/E conversion, and to transmit the data with the best quality.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; optical fibre networks; submarine cables; O/E conversion; electrical power; exchanged data; optical data streams; optical phenomena; optically powered data link; remote instrument; single optical fiber; submarine cabled observatory; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Optical variables measurement; Stimulated emission; Optical fiber network; Optical power supply; Power-over-fiber; Raman scattering; Seafloor observatory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS - Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE

Conference_Location

Bergen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0000-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6608174

Filename

6608174