System tests of radiation hard optical links for the ATLAS semiconductor tracker

Authors
Charlton, DG Dowell, JD Homer, RJ Jovanovic, P Kenyon, IR Mahout, G Shaylor, HR Wilson, JA Rudge, A Fopma, J Mandic, I Nickerson, RB Shield, P Wastie, R Weidberg, AR Eek, LO Go, A Lund-Jensen, B Pearce, M Soderqvist, J Morrissey, M White, DJ
Citation
Dg. Charlton et al., System tests of radiation hard optical links for the ATLAS semiconductor tracker, NUCL INST A, 443(2-3), 2000, pp. 430-446
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
443
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
430 - 446
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000401)443:2-3<430:STORHO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A prototype optical data and Timing Trigger and Control transmission system based on LEDs and PIN-diodes has been constructed. The system would be sui table in terms of radiation hardness and radiation length for use in the AT LAS SemiConductor Tracker. Bit error rate measurements were performed for t he data links and for the links distributing the Timing, Trigger and Contro l data from the counting room to the front-end modules. The effects of cros s-talk between the emitters and receivers were investigated. The advantages of using Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) instead of LEDs are discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.