Space and nuclear environment tolerancing of photonic devices : Three European contributions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 10288, Issue , 1997, Pages 155-183

  Berghmans, Francis ^a   Decreton, Marc ^a   Boueilh, Dominique ^b   Reis, Alain Conde ^b   Jucker, Philippe ^c   Van Uffelen, Marco ^c  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Pare Scientifique du Sart Tilma ^*  (Belgium)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES DE SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Nuclear radiation; Optical fiber; Optical fiber sensor; Radiation effects; Satellite; Space communication; Space radiation; Test procedure

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; RADIATION; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECIFICATIONS;

FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION; NUCLEAR RADIATIONS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; SPACE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT; SPACE RADIATIONS; TEST PROCEDURES;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 11744336664     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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