On the suitability of fiber optic data links in the space radiation environment: a historical and scaling technology perspective
Kenneth A. LaBel, Cheryl J. Marshall, Paul W. Marshall, Philip J. Luers, Robert A. Reed, Melanie N. Ott, Christina M. Seidleck, Dennis J. Andrucyk · 2002
As NASA, DoD, industry, and others propagate the current spacecraft trends for increasing science data throughput and on-board processing, the use of fiber optic data links between spacecraft subsystems has gained heightened interest. With this is mind, we present a perspective of the use of these fiber optic systems in the space radiation environment that encompasses both the historical past and scaleable future space systems and their requirements.