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

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2879-2887

  Fernandez, Alberto Fernandez ^a,b   Berghmans, F ^a,c   Brichard, B ^a   Decreton M ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fusion reactors; Nuclear radiation effects; Optical communication; Optical fibers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0036952418     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.805980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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