Radiation effects on optical data transmission systems

Author

Leskovar, Branko

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., CA, USA

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

543

Lastpage

551

Abstract

The state of the art of optical transmitters, low loss fiber waveguides and receivers in both steady state and pulsed radiation environments is reviewed and summarized. Emphasis is placed on the effects of irradiation on the performance of light emitting and laser diodes, optical fiber waveguides and photodiodes. The influence of radiation-induced attenuation of optical fibers due to total dose, dose rate, time after irradiation, temperature, radiation history, photobleaching, OH and impurity content, dopant type and concentration is described. The performance of candidate components of the transmission system intended for deployment in the Superconducting Super Collider Detector and primary beam tunnel nuclear environment is discussed

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; particle detectors; radiation effects; Superconducting Super Collider Detector; dose rate; impurity content; laser diodes; light emitting diodes; low loss fiber waveguides; optical data transmission systems; optical fiber waveguides; optical transmitters; photobleaching; photodiodes; primary beam tunnel nuclear environment; pulsed radiation environments; radiation-induced attenuation; receivers; steady state radiation environment; Data communication; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Radiation effects; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.34498

Filename

34498