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NSRP Fiber Optic Ecosystem - Enabler to Enhanced Capabilities

The NSRP fiber optic efforts enable critical U.S. Navy programs and priorities, providing benefits beyond program objectives. Explore commercial and Navy applications, past and present efforts, and future programs.

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NSRP Fiber Optic Ecosystem - Enabler to Enhanced Capabilities

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  1. NSRP Fiber Optic Ecosystem Enabler to Enhanced CapabilitiesGiovanni TomasiChief Technology OfficerRSL Fiber Systems, LLC NSRP Electrical Technologies Panel Meeting – July 23-24, 2019

  2. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES The NSRP Fiber optic efforts are an enabler to critical U.S. Navy Programs and Priorities, providing the benefits of the fiber optic technologies well beyond each of the original programs’ objectives. • NationalShipbuilding Research Program: • Insertion and application of innovative fiber optic technologies into the U.S. Navy and U.S. shipbuilding industry; • Enhancement to current shipboard fiber optic systems; • Enabler to new and emerging critical technologies.

  3. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES Example: Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (Raman) COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS U.S. NAVY APPLICATIONS NSRP Conveyor Belt Rollers, Motor, and Gearbox Monitoring Insulated Bus Pipe MV and HV Electrical Panels Pipelines Monitoring

  4. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES NSRP FIBER OPTIC EFFORTS (Past and Present) • Fiber Optic Testing with Go/No-Go Acceptance Criteria (2011) • Fiber-Optics Manufacturing and Installation (2012) • Alternatives to Fiber Optic Connectors (2015) • Fiber Optic Testing Enhancement for Cost Reduction (2016) • Shipboard Fiber Optic Cables Design Enhancements (2019) • Fiber Optic Testing Enhancement for Cost Reduction Follow On (2019) • Fusion Splice Enclosure at Equipment (2019)

  5. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES NSRP FIBER OPTIC “ENABLED” PROGRAMS • Distributed Temperature Sensing for Inspection of Electrical Panels on Navy Ships (2017) • Qualification Testing of Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) for Shipboard (2019-2020) New / Future Programs • Power Over Fiber (ONR N00014-19-C-2006) • Remote Source Lighting with Diode Laser Light Sources • Non-Electric Topside

  6. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES U.S. NAVY PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES • Electric Ship • Integrated Power and Energy Systems (IPES) • Information Dominance • Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)

  7. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES Electric Ship / IPES Critical Components: • Medium Voltage (MV) and High Voltage (HV) Electrical Panels • Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) Health Monitoring Technology: • Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing CHALLENGES: • System’s optical loses at connection points • Interconnect hardware at equipment • Optical fiber integrity • Cable routing

  8. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES • Shipboard Fiber Optic Cables Design Enhancements • NSRP ENABLERS • U.S. NAVY PROGRAM / PRIORITY • CRITICAL COMPONENTS • ENABLING TECHNOLOGY • Fiber Optic Testing Enhancement for Cost Reduction • Insulated Bus Pipe • Fiber Optic DTS • Fusion Splice Enclosure at Equipment • Electric Ship • IPES • MV and HV Electrical Panels • Alternatives to Fiber Optic Connectors

  9. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Photonic systems to eliminate electrical interference with topside ISR equipment: • Power Over Fiber (ONR N00014-19-C-2006) • Remote Source Lighting with Diode Laser Light Sources • Non-Electric Topside CHALLENGES: • High optical power density • Connectors’ end face preparation • Optical fiber integrity • Photonic energy transport system health monitoring • Photonic to Electrical conversion (Energy conversion, heat management …)

  10. NSRP FIBER OPTIC ECOSYSTEM – ENABLER TO ENHANCED CAPABILITIES NSRP Fiber Optic Technology Efforts • Maintain a database of “Challenges” and “Solutions”. • Apply “lessons learned” across multiple efforts. • Match past efforts’ Solutions to new efforts’ Challenges. • Consider and evaluate benefits to future potential applications: • In similar functional systems (example: data communications); • In different functional systems (example: photonic power transmission).

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