Power over fiber

Re:Power over fiber by TheTxT on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:08AM (#38865994)

Maybe it can first check if something is on the other end before blasting full power

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Re:Power over fiber by v7n on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:11AM (#38866026)

Something like what? An eye?

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Re:Power over fiber by Gare on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:13AM (#38866046)

Something that responds to a protocol handshake?

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Re:Power over fiber by onionisafruit on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:23AM (#38866110)

So a freemason

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Re:Power over fiber by moffkalast on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:55AM (#38866425)

blinks in IEEE

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Re:Power over fiber by publicmail on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:21AM (#38866095)

I think most high power optics do this already, right?

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Re:Power over fiber by mikewarot on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:43AM (#38867565)

It does that, if I understand what I read about it a year ago.

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Re:Power over fiber by NavinF on Thursday January 04, 2024 @11:53AM (#38869289)

Yeah that's exactly how higher power (compared to 40km SFP modules) communication lasers work and why nobody wears laser goggles in a data center. Automatically turning the laser off when the other side stops responding is ancient tech

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