Design and characterization of a radiation-tolerant optical transmitter using discrete COTS bipolar transistors and VCSELs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 III, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1414-1420

  Berghmans, F ^a,b,c   Embrechts, K ^d   Van Uffelen, M ^a,b   Coenen, S ^a,b   Decreton M ^b   Van Gorp, J ^d  

^a IEEE   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bipolar transistor circuits; Gamma rays; Optical fiber communication; Radiation effects; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF; OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTER; RADIATION INDUCED DEGRADATION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; DOSIMETRY; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION HARDENING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0036624479     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039676     Document Type: Article

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