Radiation reliability of rare earth doped optical fibers for laser communication systems (LT)

Author

Ahrens, R.G. ; Abate, J.A. ; Jaques, J.J. ; Presby, H.M. ; Fields, A.B. ; DiGiovanni, D.J. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Kannan, S. ; LuValle, M.J.

Author_Institution

Gov. Solution, AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

694

Abstract

The use of an optical communication system in a radiation environment poses unique reliability issues. These issues include the effects of radiation dose rate and total radiation exposure on optical fiber performance. For a radiation reliability study, one must investigate these effects along with mitigating effects such as thermal and optical annealing. We present results from an ongoing reliability investigation of the effects of ionizing radiation on rare earth doped optical fiber designed for use in optical fiber amplifier systems

Keywords

annealing; optical cables; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; radiation hardening; rare earth metals; telecommunication network reliability; laser communication systems; optical annealing; optical communication system; optical fiber amplifier systems; optical fiber performance; radiation dose rate; radiation environment; radiation hardened optical fibres; radiation reliability; rare earth doped optical fibers; thermal annealing; total radiation exposure; Fiber lasers; Optical devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.822773

Filename

822773