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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Mark K. Young, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
David S. Devincentis, Flanders, NJ (US);
Savino S. Camporeale, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Stephen Arthur Hughes Smith, Chester, GB;
Stephen G. Evangelides, Jr., Red Bank, NJ (US);
Mark K. Young, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
David S. DeVincentis, Flanders, NJ (US);
Savino S. Camporeale, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Stephen Arthur Hughes Smith, Chester, GB;
Stephen G. Evangelides, Jr., Red Bank, NJ (US);
Red Sky Subsea, Ltd., Chelmsford, GB;
Abstract
An undersea optical repeater is provided. The repeater includes a pressure vessel for use in an undersea environment. The pressure vessel includes a pressure housing and at least two cable reeving elements disposed on opposing ends of the pressure housing for respectively receiving ends of optical cables that each include an electrical conductor therein. The cable receiving elements are adapted to be in electrical contact with the respective electrical conductors in the optical cables. At least one optical amplifier is located in the pressure vessel. The optical amplifier includes at least one electrical component adapted to receive electrical power from the electrical conductors in the optical cables. The pressure housing includes a dielectric layer having sufficient dielectric properties for electrically isolating the cable receiving elements from one another to provide a voltage thereacross.