Particle-Induced Bit Errors in High Performance Fiber Optic Data Links for Satellite Data Management

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1958-1965

  Marshall, Paul W ^a   Carts, Martin A ^a   Dale, Cheryl J ^b   LaBel, Kenneth A ^c  

^a SFA INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIBER OPTICS; IONIZATION OF SOLIDS; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DATA RATES; PARTICLE INDUCED BIT ERRORS; PARTICLE ORBITS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0028713285     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.340530     Document Type: Article

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11. We used the CREME model as contained in the software package SPACE RADIATION®, Severn Comm. Corp., Millersville, MD. This version has been modified to correct integration errors encountered in the CREME model when evaluating sub-femptocoulomb charges.