Assessment of radiation-induced loss for AT&T fiber-optic transmission systems in the terrestrial environment

Author

Haber, J.B. ; Mies, E. ; Simpson, J.R. ; Wong, S.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Norcross, GA, USA

Volume

6

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

154

Abstract

Environmental radiation dose rate estimates are provided for both outdoor terrestrial and indoor environments. Laboratory radiation sensitivity measurements are reported for the AT&T standard single-mode fiber and standard and radiation-hardened multimode fibers. These are used to estimate typical system losses for long-haul, trunk, feeder, local area network, and optical data environments. It is reported that radiation-induced loss is unusually harsh environments can be minimized by using the radiation hardened 62.5/125-μm multimode fiber, which has sensitivities roughly an order of magnitude lower than the standard product at 0.85 μm and almost two orders of magnitude lower at 1.3 μm

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; optical losses; radiation effects; 0.85 micron to 1.3 micron; 125 micron; 62.5 micron; AT&T fiber-optic transmission systems; environmental radiation dose rates; feeder systems; local area network; long-haul systems; multimode fibers; optical data; radiation-hardened fibres; radiation-induced loss; single-mode fiber; trunk systems; Indoor environments; Ionizing radiation; Laboratories; Measurement standards; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Propagation losses; Radiation hardening;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.3982

Filename

3982