The potential applications of fiber-optic (FO) systems in spacecraft which will be exposed to the space radiation environment are discussed in view of tests conducted aboard the Long-Duration Exposure Facility and the Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby spacecraft. Attention is given to anticipated trends in the use of FO in spacecraft communications systems. The natural space radiation environment is noted to be far more benign than the military space environment, which encompasses displacement-damage effects due to significant neutron influences


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    Title :

    Overview of fiber optics in the natural space environment



    Conference:

    Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments IV ; 1990 ; San Jose,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1991-02-01





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English