Power-over-Fibre for Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensor Networks

Authors

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

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Keywords

communictions, photovoltaics, power distribution, sensor networks

Publisher

ACOFTAOS

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Engineering / Centre for Communications Engineering Research

RAS ID

10532

Comments

Allwood, G. A., Wild, G. , & Hinckley, S. (2010). Power-over-Fibre for Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensor Networks. Proceedings of AIP/ACOFT 2010. Melbourne, Victoria. ACOFTAOS. Available here

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.