On the suitability of fiber optic data links in the space radiation environment: a historical and scaling technology perspective

Author

LaBel, Kenneth A. ; Marshall, Cheryl J. ; Marshall, Paul W. ; Luers, Philip J. ; Reed, Robert A. ; Ott, Melanie N. ; Seidleck, Christina M. ; Andrucyk, Dennis J.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

21-28 Mar 1998

Firstpage

421

Abstract

As NASA, DoD, industry, and others propagate the current spacecraft trends for increasing science data throughput and on-board processing, the use of fiber optic data links between spacecraft subsystems has gained heightened interest. With this is mind, we present a perspective of the use of these fiber optic systems in the space radiation environment that encompasses both the historical past and scaleable future space systems and their requirements

Keywords

data communication; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; radiation hardening (electronics); space vehicle electronics; DoD; NASA; fibre optic data links; on-board processing; radiation hazard; scaling technology; science data throughput; space radiation; spacecraft subsystems; spacecraft trends; Aerospace industry; CMOS logic circuits; Costs; Gallium arsenide; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Space technology; Space vehicles; Testing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Snowmass at Aspen, CO

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4311-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.1998.682209

Filename

682209