VCSEL and Photodiode Proton Test Results for an Optical Communications Link

Author

Rogacki, Steven A. ; Pellish, Jonathan A. ; Persyn, Steven ; Marshall, Paul W. ; Stone, Joshua

Author_Institution

Space Phys. Res. Lab. (SPRL), Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Proton irradiation results, including dose and single-event effects, for two vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diodes and a matching photodiode are presented. The optical components are part of a space instrument communications link for which the bit error rate was also measured during proton beam irradiation. A high-level description of the link hardware design and associated Manchester coding scheme is presented along with the beam test results.

Keywords

encoding; error statistics; optical communication; optical links; photodiodes; surface emitting lasers; Manchester coding scheme; VCSEL diodes; beam test; bit error rate; high-level description; link hardware design; matching photodiode; optical communications link; optical components; photodiode proton test; proton beam irradiation; proton irradiation; single-event effects; space instrument communications link; two vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Clocks; Decoding; Photodiodes; Protons; Receivers; Tin; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation Effects Data Workshop (REDW), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

2154-0519

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1136-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REDW.2013.6658223

Filename

6658223