Abstract
We present the development and verification testing of a high speed multimode, multicore transceiver technology for intra-satellite optical interconnects. We report the fabrication and functional testing of opto-parts including 25 Gb/s 850 nm VCSEL/PD as well as the verification testing of the VCSELs against radiation and lifetime performance. In addition we report the development and evaluation testing of a multi-core cable assembly that was fabricated and mated with MiniAVIM multi-core connectors to develop hi-rel multi-core optical patchcords for pigtailing the transceiver modules. The fiber optic, electronic and opto-parts were used to assemble the first ever fully packaged and pigtailed, six-core optical transceiver prototype module that operates at 25 Gb/s channel bit rate at an energy consumption of ∠4.5 mW/Gb/s.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2018 |
| Editors | Zoran Sodnik, Nikos Karafolas, Bruno Cugny |
| Publisher | International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5106-3077-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Jul 2019 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 12th International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2018 - Crete, Greece Duration: 9 Oct 2018 → 12 Oct 2018 Conference number: 12 |
Publication series
| Series | Proceedings of SPIE |
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| Volume | 11180 |
| ISSN | 0277-786X |
Conference
| Conference | 12th International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2018 |
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| Abbreviated title | ICSO 2018 |
| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Crete |
| Period | 9/10/18 → 12/10/18 |
Keywords
- Fiber optic cable
- Optical interconnects
- Optical transceiver
- Photo-detector
- Rad-hard digital circuits
- VCSEL