Lightwave Analogue Links For LHC Detector Front-ends

C Da Via, G Stefanini, J Dowell, I Kenyon, M Haben, K Webster, M Glick, F. K Reinhart, G Hall, Torsten Åkesson, Göran Jarlskog, Stefan Kröll, A Baird, P Sharp, J Davies, N Green, A Moseley, W Stewart, T Young

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Abstract

The requirements on optical links for transferring analog and digital signals from the detector front-ends to the readout electronics at future high-luminosity colliders are reviewed. The advantages of external modulation techniques are discussed. An outline is given of the the R&D programme recently started at CERN by a collaboration involving high-energy physics institutes, optoelectronics research laboratories and industry, in order to develop electro-optic intensity modulator arrays, particularly for analogue applications, and to investigate the feasibility of volume production. The design of multichannel demonstrators in lithium niobate and III-V semiconductor technology is described. Preliminary results of the performance measurements are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-211
JournalNuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume344
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1994

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

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