Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Snowmass at Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4311-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1998.682209
