Power and Spectral Range Characteristics for Optical Power Converters

High-performance optical power converters (OPCs) enable isolated electrical power and power beaming applications at new wavelengths and higher output powers. Broadcom’s vertical epitaxial heterostructure architecture (VEHSA) multi-junction OPCs permit optical-to-electrical conversion at high efficie...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2021-08, Vol.14 (15), p.4395
Main Authors: Fafard, Simon, Masson, Denis, Werthen, Jan-Gustav, Liu, James, Wu, Ta-Chung, Hundsberger, Christian, Schwarzfischer, Markus, Steinle, Gunther, Gaertner, Christian, Piemonte, Claudio, Luecke, Bernd, Wittl, Josef, Weigert, Martin
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Language:English
Subjects:
Design
Efficiency
Electric power
galvanic isolation
Heterostructures
laser power converters
Lasers
optical power converters
Optical wireless
Organic chemicals
photovoltaic
Power beaming
Power converters
power-over-fiber
Semiconductor lasers
Semiconductors
Wavelengths
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Summary:High-performance optical power converters (OPCs) enable isolated electrical power and power beaming applications at new wavelengths and higher output powers. Broadcom’s vertical epitaxial heterostructure architecture (VEHSA) multi-junction OPCs permit optical-to-electrical conversion at high efficiency and at manageable external loads. This study provides details of how the power outputs have been extended from 20 W. The work also provides details of how the spectral range options have been extended from 800–830 nm to other key laser diode wavelengths such as 960–990 nm and 1500–1600 nm.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14154395