Title :
Multi-Tb/s data transport system for the square kilometre array radio telescope
Author :
Maat, D.H.P. ; Broekema, P.C. ; Schoonderbeek, G.W. ; Weiss, Jonas
Author_Institution :
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Abstract :
In about four years the construction of the world´s largest radio telescope, the SKA, will start. This paper describes the initial SKA design and the approach in the development of its multi-Tb/s data transport system.
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical communication; radiotelescopes; SKA; multi-Tb-s data transport system; square kilometre array radio telescope; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical signal processing; Radio astronomy; Receiving antennas; System design; broadband optical communication system; radio telescope system;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614475
