Analog fiber optic transmission link
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 3687 (2001); doi:10.1063/1.1396664
Issue Date: September 2001
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An analog fiber optic transmission link (FOTL) has been designed for relaying signals from equipment held at high voltage potentials to equipment at ground potential. The need for a fiber link arises from the requirements of low energy, light ion experiments conducted at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. In these experiments, ions are accelerated and transported to a high voltage scattering chamber and the FOTL is used to transmit signals from the scattering chamber to remote data acquisition systems. The performance of the link is mainly driven by the stringent requirements needed for successful transmission of analog pulses from radiation detectors located in the scattering chamber. The FOTL consists of a transmitter, receiver, and baseline restorer that are capable of transmitting radiation detector pulses without pulse height distortion, thus allowing high resolution energy measurements. The FOTL is also suitable for use with a wide variety of other analog signal types. ©2001 American Institute of Physics.
| History: | Received 2 April 2001; accepted 1 June 2001 |
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KEYWORDS and PACS
data acquisition,
optical fibre communication,
detector circuits,
optical transmitters,
optical receivers,
tandem accelerators,
electrostatic accelerators,
ion accelerators,
energy measurement,
pulse height analysers,
germanium radiation detectors
- 84.30.Sk
Electronics; radiowave and microwave technology; direct energy conversion and storage Electronic circuits Pulse and digital circuits - 29.40.Wk
Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics Radiation detectors Solid-state detectors - 29.17.+w
Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics Electrostatic, collective, and linear accelerators - 42.79.Sz
Optics Optical elements, devices, and systems (for integrated optics, see 42.82; for fiber optics, see 42.81) Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers - YEAR: 2001
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0034-6748 (print)
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