Twelve channel optical fiber connector assembly: From commercial off the shelf to space flight use

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3440, Issue , 1998, Pages 57-68

  Ott, Melanie N ^b   Bretthauer, Joy W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Array connector; Communications; COTS; Fiber optic; Interconnection; MTP; Parallel FODB; Ribbon cable; Space flight; Technology validation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SPACE FLIGHT;

FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0038070341     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326699     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Melanie N. Ott, Jeannette Plante, Jack Shaw, M. Ann Garrison-Darrin, "Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight Applications: Issues and Remedies, " Paper 975592 SAE/AIAA 1997 World Aviation Congress, October 13-16, Anaheim, CA, pp 1-7.
2. Melanie N. Ott, "Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight II: Thermal and Radiation Effects," Photonics For Space Environments VI, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3440, 1998.
3. Michele Gates, "EO-1 Mission Ionizing Radiation Specification," Goddard Space Flight Center internal publication.
4. J.L. Barth, E. G. Stassinopoulos, "EOS: Common Spacecraft Radiation Environment" NASA Document X-900-93-02.
5. IEEE SFODB Working Group of the Bus Architecture Standards Committee, "P1393 Spaceborne Fiber Optic Data Bus (SFODB)", Institute of Electrical Engineers, Inc., New York, NY, August 1997.