Experiences with the ATLAS pixel detector optolink and researches for future links

Author

Flick, T. ; Dopke, I. ; Arguin, J.-F. ; Gemme, C. ; Lenzen, G. ; Mättig, P. ; Masetti, L. ; Moss, J. ; Sandvoss, S. ; Strandberg, S. ; Zeitnitz, C.

Author_Institution

Physics Department of University Wuppertal, GauÃ\x9fstr. 20, 42119, Germany

fYear

2008

fDate

19-25 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The optical links for the ATLAS Pixel detector has been passed several steps of development. After the design and production of the components itself, various tests have been performed on individual components on smaller or larger parts of the full system. Finally, the links were commissioned in situ after installation. A lot of experience has been gained and this should be used to step into the research on future optical links for the Pixel detector itself, but also for other detectors. In this paper the procedure of the commissioning work of the ATLAS Pixel optical link and observed issues on the system layout and function are discussed and brought into an outlook for future optical link designs.

Keywords

Clocks; Decoding; Delay; Detectors; Downlink; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; ATLAS; Optolink; Pixel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dresden, Germany

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2714-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774085

Filename

4774085