Open AccessOptically powered fiber networks
Author(s) -
Moritz Röger,
G. T. Bottger,
M. Dreschmann,
C. Klamouris,
M. Huebner,
Andreas W. Bett,
Juergen Becker,
W. Freude,
Juerg Leuthold
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.021821
Subject(s) - megabit , power (physics) , optical fiber , computer science , optics , scheme (mathematics) , telecommunications , materials science , physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Optically powered networks are demonstrated. Heterogeneous subscribers having widely varying needs with respect to power and band-width can be effectively controlled and optically supplied by a central of-fice. The success of the scheme relies both on power-efficient innovative hardware and on a novel low-energy medium access control protocol. We demonstrate a sensor network with subscribers consuming less than 1 microW average power, and an optically powered high-speed video link transmitting data at a bitrate of 100 Mbit/s.