Title :
Characterization of transient error cross sections in high speed commercial fiber optic data links
Author :
Marshall, Cheryl J. ; Marshall, Paul W. ; Carts, Martin A. ; Reed, Robert ; Baier, Steve ; LaBel, Ken
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents data on the single event transient (SET) response of several high speed commercial fiber optic links (FOLs). We show that commercial-grade technologies may be robust to SET in the natural space environment encountered in many satellite missions even for data rates in the 1Gbps regime. In addition to characterizing the error cross section as a function of optical power and data rate, the angular dependence of the SET behavior is also quantified as a function of optical power. Note that receiver angular response has some similarity to behavior observed in optocoupler technology and must be quantified for accurate predictions of on-orbit link error rates
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; data communication; error statistics; optical fibre communication; radiation effects; transients; 1 Gbit/s; angular dependence; data rate; error cross-section; high-speed fiber optic data link; on-orbit link error rate; optical power; optocoupler technology; receiver angular response; satellite mission; single event transient; space environment; Bit error rate; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; PIN photodiodes; Protons; Space technology; Surface emitting lasers; Testing; Transceivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation Effects Data Workshop, 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7199-2
DOI :
10.1109/REDW.2001.960461
