Toward the development of radiation-tolerant instrumentation data links for thermonuclear fusion experiments

Alberto Fernandez Fernandez; F. Berghmans; B. Brichard; M. Decréton

doi:10.1109/TNS.2002.805980

Toward the development of radiation-tolerant instrumentation data links for thermonuclear fusion experiments

Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, F. Berghmans, B. Brichard, M. Decréton

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Abstract

Thermonuclear reactors will require permanent monitoring under high-gamma dose rates and high neutron flux. We propose to get rid of the digital data transmission limitations in highly radioactive environments by implementing an analog fiber-optic link based on directly modulated vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSELs). In this paper, we introduce an architecture for highly radiation-tolerant instrumentation data links based on the intrinsic wavelength division multiplexing capabilities of fiber-optic data transmission. The potential radiation acceptance level of the analog fiber-optic link is estimated on the basis of irradiation results on individual COTS photonic components such as VCSELs, fiber-optic passive multiplexers, and optical fibers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2879-2887
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE transactions on nuclear Science
Volume	49
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2002.805980
State	Published - Dec 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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