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Experimental Study of a Power-Over-Fiber Module and Multimode Optical Fiber for a Fishing Camera System

  • Lee, Hyuek Jae (Department of Information and Communication, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Jung, Gwang S. (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Lehman College of the City University of New York)
  • Received : 2017.08.16
  • Accepted : 2017.08.28
  • Published : 2017.10.25
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Abstract

We determined the feasibility of a fishing camera system using an optical fiber as the fishing line by testing a power-over-fiber (POF) module and multimode optical fiber. Operation of the remote camera module (RCM) without the battery was preferred because the removal of the charging or battery replacement section enabled a waterproof single-body type design. The average efficiency of the photovoltaic power converter (PPC) in the tested POF module was 32.6% at 820 nm, and thus, a high-power laser of at least 1.27 W was required for operating the developed RCM with an electrical dissipation of 413 mW. Because the optical fiber was wound on a fishing reel, composite loss composed of bending and tensile loss occurred. To mitigate the composite loss, we employed a simple holder that showed an improvement in the composite loss of 0.38 dB to 0.8 dB, which was considerably better than the losses without the holder.

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