Radiation damage studies of optical link components for applications in future high-energy physics experiments

Karl A. Gill; Christina Aguilar; C. Azvedo; Vincent Paul Arbet-Engels; Jeremy Batten; Giovanni Cervelli; Robert Grabit; Fredrik B. H. Jensen; Chantal Mommaert; Jan Troska; Francois Vasey

doi:10.1117/12.326686

13 October 1998 Radiation damage studies of optical link components for applications in future high-energy physics experiments

Karl A. Gill, Christina Aguilar, C. Azvedo, Vincent Paul Arbet-Engels, Jeremy Batten, Giovanni Cervelli, Robert Grabit, Fredrik B. H. Jensen, Chantal Mommaert, Jan Troska, Francois Vasey

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Proceedings Volume 3440, Photonics for Space Environments VI; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326686
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Optical data links are being developed at CERN for use in the tracking system of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment to be operated at the future CERN Large Hadron Collider. The radiation environment will be severe in the CMS tracker; simulations predict hadronic fluences > 10¹⁴/cm² over an experimental lifetime of ten years, consisting of a mixture of neutrons, pions and protons over a wide energy spectrum, plus an ionizing dose of approximately 100 kGy. Candidate optical link components must therefore be qualified for sufficient radiation hardness. Results are presented for commercially available InGaAsP lasers and InGaAs p-i-n photodiodes irradiated with 330 MeV pions up to 5.4 X 10¹⁴ (pi) /cm². The evolution of the laser threshold and efficiency with fluence is presented, in addition to the leakage current and photocurrent in the photodiodes. Comparisons are drawn with previous irradiation tests on identical devices using 6 MeV neutrons and 24 GeV protons, and ionizing damage due to ⁶⁰Co gamma rays.

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Karl A. Gill, Christina Aguilar, C. Azvedo, Vincent Paul Arbet-Engels, Jeremy Batten, Giovanni Cervelli, Robert Grabit, Fredrik B. H. Jensen, Chantal Mommaert, Jan Troska, and Francois Vasey "Radiation damage studies of optical link components for applications in future high-energy physics experiments", Proc. SPIE 3440, Photonics for Space Environments VI, (13 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326686

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