Photovoltaic Micro-Cell Design for Distributed Power-over-Fibre Optimized for 850nm & 980nm

Authors

Gary Allwood, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Graham Wild, Edith Cowan University
Steven Hinckley, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

ACOFTAOS

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Engineering / Centre for Communications Engineering Research

RAS ID

10540

Comments

Allwood, G. A., Wild, G. , & Hinckley, S. (2010). Photovoltaic Micro-Cell Design for Distributed Power-over-Fibre Optimized for 850nm & 980nm. Proceedings of Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics. Melbourne, Victoria. ACOFTAOS. Conference website available here.

Abstract

We present a new study of power over optical fibre, using siliconbased photovoltaic micro-cells. The thickness of the micro-cells is optimized for incident light of 850nm and 980nm producing efficiencies of up to 43%.