1. NSRP Electrical Technologies Panel Meeting – July 23-24, 2019
NSRP Fiber Optic Ecosystem Enabler to Enhanced Capabilities Giovanni Tomasi Chief Technology Officer RSL 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.
National Shipbuilding 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
MV and HV Electrical Panels
Insulated Bus Pipe
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 ( )
New / Future Programs
Power Over Fiber (ONR N 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
NSRP ENABLERS
U.S. NAVY PROGRAM / PRIORITY
CRITICAL COMPONENTS
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Shipboard Fiber Optic Cables Design Enhancements
Fiber Optic Testing Enhancement for Cost Reduction
Fusion Splice Enclosure at Equipment
Alternatives to Fiber Optic Connectors
MV and HV Electrical Panels
Insulated Bus Pipe
Electric Ship
IPES
Fiber Optic DTS

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 N 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).
The value of the NSRP fiber optic efforts goes well beyond the benefits to the targeted application.