Validation of commercial fiber optic components for aerospace environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5758, Issue , 2005, Pages 427-439

  Ott, Melanie N ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Components; Environmental; Fiber; Flight; Optic; Photonic; Qualification; Radiation; Space

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL; FLIGHT; PHOTONICS; QUALIFICATION; SPACE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPONENTS; FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICS; RADIATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 25144486161     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.606846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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