WO2002042801A2 - Systeme et procede permettant de transferer une quantite d'informations beaucoup plus importante dans des cables a fibres optiques en augmentant sensiblement le nombre de fibres par cable - Google Patents
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- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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- the present invention relates to broadband information transfer through optic fibers, and more specifically to a System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable.
- Another solution is to hook up all of the fibers to an array of numbered sensors connected to a computer at each end of the cable and then let the two computers communicate and start testing automatically serially each fiber by sending a signal through it from one computer and registering on which sensor it came out at the other end.
- the two computers can very quickly create a translation table that documents which element on each side corresponds to which element on the other side, but this is much less efficient.
- a much better solution is to use multi-fiber flat jackets, as explained below (it is also possible to mark for example by separate colors or lines subsections on the jacket). Of course, various combinations of these solutions are also possible.
- Another solution is to use for example a water-proof protective shield of smaller external diameter so that much more cable can fit on each wheel, and then preferably add dynamically an external stronger shield which comes open and can be externally added to the cable from around it and be sealed automatically during the process of laying the cable.
- Another solution is to use multi-fiber flat jackets with delta-type connectors that connect by pressure or by welding, as explained below. Of course, various combinations of these solutions are also possible.
- the fibers can stay relatively close to each other, but avoid contact, since the closer they get, their repulsion increases).
- thinner fibers so that for example, if we use 1 micron fibers instead of 10 micron fibers, they will have more room to move around the inner space of the pipe (however, this would require, of course, using shorter wavelengths for the signals, as explained below).
- a flat cable so that for example we have a cable 20 centimeters or even 1 meters wide and for example 2 millimeters high (internally), and the fibers are lying relatively flat or completely flat across the width of the cable. Of course, many sizes are possible.
- Another solution is using for example ZBLAN fibers, which have much lower attenuation, as mentioned above, when they become cheaper.
- Another solution shown by Alcatel is that if and when repeaters are eventually needed, the regeneration can be done optically for example by using SOA (Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers), such as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer for 2R regeneration (Reshaping) (because of its non-linear response) and two of these in a cascade for 3R regeneration (Reshaping & Retiming).
- SOA semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
- 2R regeneration Mach-Zehnder interferometer for 2R regeneration
- 3R regeneration Reshaping & Retiming
- larger nanofibers for example those a few hundreds of nanometers thick
- smaller ones especially nanofibers with the size of just a few nanometers
- nanotechnology methods which means “from the bottom up” by adding molecules, instead of starting with larger structures and using relatively crude methods to press or corrode them into the required form.
- These nanotechnologies will preferably also enable us to create small nano-lasers for creating the lambdas and for the pumps to power the amplifiers or at least make the interface for reaching each individual fiber at the two ends of the cable and at the amplifiers.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of typical elements in a standard state of the art longdistance submarine or overland optic fiber cable.
- Fig. 12 which shows a 3-dimensional illustration of a preferable multi-fiber flat jacket.
- these small laser pumps are typically semiconductor laser diodes, they can also be used one per each fiber. Another possible variation is to put for example thousands of such diodes within one or more chips, and have a very large number of fibers go through each chip so that preferably each fiber is interfaced with one mini laser pump.
- the fibers are coupled to the chip by using flat mutli- fiber jackets and connectors, as described in Figs. 12a-b & 13a-c. It is also possible to use these small laser pumps with the fibers for example lying side by side (like in Fig. 8 below).
- the fibers in this section are coupled to an elongated strip of glass that covers them at the top, so that the top of the glass has a flat surface that faces the laser beam, and the bottom of the glass has a wavy surface that complements exactly the upper curves of the fibers, in order to make the absorption of the beam from the laser light more efficient.
- this glass piece is separate per each fiber, so that it's actually more like each fiber is covered with one glass tooth with a flat top and a concave bottom, and the flat tops of these teeth touch each other side by side.
- the "teeth" are glued to each other in order to make the entire structure more stable.
- these planes are also covered with a thin layer of semi-transparent one- directional glass, so that it allows only the laser light to go in but no light signals can be reflected back out of the fibers.
- the laser light is directed (by its positioning and/or by additional prisms) to enter the fibers at acceptable angles that do not cause it to escape through the cladding.
- the jacket is preferably opaque to light and preferably black or at least with dark color (including between the cells), in order to further decrease the chance of cross-talk between close fibers.
- the space between each two adjacent fibers in the flat jacket is preferably larger (than in the examples given in Figs. 12a and b) and the jacket is thinner, for example 30 micron space between each two adjacent 10-micron fibers and a jacket thickness of 0.03 mm (30 micron).
- This would make the flat jacket of 20,000 fibers with a width of about 800,000 micron 80 cm.
- the diameter of the "rollada" will still be about 0.3 cm.
- Such connectors can help for example at the connection with the lasers that insert the input signals into the fibers, at the connection with the signals detectors, at the area of the amplifiers, in small-distance point-to-point connections, and/or in various junctions or optical splitters at the routers.
- connection with the laser diodes such an expanded connector is convenient because the laser diodes are typically each larger than the fiber.
- the variation described in Fig. 13b is especially important if we move for example to thinner fibers, such as for example 5 micron instead of 10 micron.
- the two connectors are mechanically coupled together from the sides, leaving free access from above and/or from below to the bear fibers between them, so that each two matching fibers are in very close contact, and then an automatic welding machine sensor can for example reach the connecting point of the two fibers from below or from above, encircle the matching fibers at the connection point (for example by closing a clump made of two or more half-rings), make automatic adjustments to make the connection optimal, and then weld the two glass fibers with the appropriate heat required.
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GB0301155A GB2379519B (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-21 | System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable |
CA002428128A CA2428128A1 (fr) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-21 | Systeme et procede permettant de transferer une quantite d'informations beaucoup plus importante dans des cables a fibres optiques en augmentant sensiblement le nombre de fibres par cable |
AU2002220998A AU2002220998A1 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2001-11-21 | High capacity optical fiber cables |
US10/307,422 US20030174977A1 (en) | 2001-02-05 | 2002-11-27 | System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable |
US11/162,105 US20070047885A1 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2005-08-29 | System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable |
US12/039,867 US7899290B2 (en) | 2000-11-21 | 2008-02-29 | System and method for transferring much more information in optic fiber cables by significantly increasing the number of fibers per cable |
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