Fiber Bragg gratings as a candidate technology for satellite optical communication payloads: radiation-induced spectral effects

Andrei I. Gusarov; Dominic B. Doyle; Nikos Karafolas; Francis Berghmans

doi:10.1117/12.405351

26 October 2000 Fiber Bragg gratings as a candidate technology for satellite optical communication payloads: radiation-induced spectral effects

Andrei I. Gusarov, Dominic B. Doyle, Nikos Karafolas, Francis Berghmans

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Proceedings Volume 4134, Photonics for Space Environments VII; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405351
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Intra-core Fiber Bragg Gratings is a candidate technology for a number of future applications in satellite payloads that plan to use multi-wavelength optical links for communicating with other satellites or with ground stations. Applications include wavelength multiplexing and demultiplexing units in multi- wavelength inter-satellite links as well as Add/Drop Multiplexers in the context of broadband satellite constellations using optical networking with on board optical routing. The main advantages of fiber Bragg gratings is that these devices are passive requiring no electric al power, have low mass, and can be compactly packaged. When considered for applications in space the main parameters of concern to be controlled are the stability in wavelength selectivity and throughput loss.

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Andrei I. Gusarov, Dominic B. Doyle, Nikos Karafolas, and Francis Berghmans "Fiber Bragg gratings as a candidate technology for satellite optical communication payloads: radiation-induced spectral effects", Proc. SPIE 4134, Photonics for Space Environments VII, (26 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405351

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