Radiation hardness evaluation of an analogue optical link for operation at cryogenic temperatures

Author

S?¶derqvist, J. ; Eek, L.O. ; Collot, J. ; Coulon, J.P. ; Dinkespiler, B. ; Hostachy, J.Y. ; Jevaud, M. ; Lund-Jensen, B. ; Merkel, B. ; Monnier, E. ; Olivetto, C. ; de Saintignon, P. ; Tisserant, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

1996

Firstpage

877

Abstract

The effect of neutron radiation on light emitters and optical fibres at cryogenic temperatures (-184°C) has been investigated as part of the development of an analogue optical link, intended for use at future high energy physics experiments. The LED´s were also exposed to a gamma radiation dose of 3 MRad. High radiance GaAs LED´s, quantum-well LED´s, quantum-well laser diodes and optical fibres have been exposed to neutron radiation reaching fluences of 10¹⁵ neutrons/cm²

Keywords

detector circuits; neutron effects; nuclear electronics; optical cables; optical links; quantum well lasers; analogue optical link; cryogenic temperatures; high energy physics experiments; high radiance GaAs LED; light emitters; neutron radiation; optical fibres; quantum-well LED; quantum-well laser diodes; radiation hardness evaluation; Argon; Cryogenics; Driver circuits; Gallium arsenide; Light emitting diodes; Neutrons; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Temperature; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3534-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591480

Filename

591480