NASA Langley and AF RADC high-speed fiber optic transceiver programNASA-Langley and the USAF Rome Air Development Center have been pursuing the development of military- and space-qualified fiber optic transceivers for a variety of ground-based, space-based, and general avionic applications. An initial development pursued a design called the multipurpose fiber optic transceiver (MFOX) and provided a family of fiber optic transceivers which operated up to 1 Gb/s. Currently, a second generation of high-speed fiber optic transceivers (HSFOX) is being developed. This design will utilize an all-integrated-circuits approach in order to develop a lighter-weight, smaller-size, and more efficient transceiver. The high-speed fiber optic transceiver will be military-and-space-operating in the 0.05-5 Gb/s data rate range. The initial results of tests, performance, and availability of commercial high-speed all-integrated-circuit chipsets for fiber-optic transceivers are discussed, as well as the performance of transceivers fabricated from these chipsets.
Document ID
19910069996
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hendricks, Herbert D. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Cook, Anthony L. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Mack, Terry L. (Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Hampton, VA, United States)
Hunter, James R. (USAF, Rome Air Development Center Griffiss AFB, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE/AIAA/NASA Digital Avionics Systems Conference