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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
  • , T. Akesson
  • , G. Jarlskog
  • , S. Kröll
  • , A. Baird
  • , P. Sharp
  • , J. Davies
  • , N. Green
  • , A. Moseley
  • , W. Stewart
  • , T. Young
  • CERN
  • University of Birmingham
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
  • Imperial College London
  • Lund University
  • STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • GEC-Marconi Materials Technology Ltd

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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
Number of pages13
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume344
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 21 1994

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