Resources
Resources
On this page you can read about the Optical Fibre Test Facility for the University of Manchester, based here, at Jodrell Bank.
A list of group publications and links to other sites of interest and recommended books are also included here.
For local users there is a link to the fibre optics group monthly reports.
The Optical Fibre Test Facility for the University of Manchester
Under the Joint Research Equipment Initiative (JREI), Jodrell Bank has purchased research equipment to build up an optical test facility for the benefit of the University of Manchester.
The equipment is used for research projects in the propagation of short pulses over long distances using optical fibre, and in the development of wide band data communication links for both radio astronomy and next generation data communication systems.
The facility is also used for undergraduate teaching, where 3rd and 4th year physics undergraduates are trained in modern techniques in optical fibre communication. The equipment enhances the technical resources available to the University of Manchester for the development of new data communications applications.
The Optical test Facility includes the following equipment:-
- Fusion Splicer
- 2km Fibre and pigtails
- Santec Laser source
- BT Laser Source
- Ramar LiNiO3 modulator
- BT EAM modulator
- Anritsu Vector Network Analyser
- Anritsu OTDR
- HP lightwave detector
- ILX temperature controller
- ILX current source
Group Publications
Presentation on SKA and Optical Fibre Links - delivered at MPI ,10/12/01 by Dr Ralph Spencer
ALMA Memo 380 - The Correlator at the OSF?
ALMA Memo 349 - Fibre Optic Link Design of the Atacama IF Data Transfer System
Optical Fibre Communication for VLBI - Optical fibre Communications between Radio telescopes in the European VLBI Network
The Use of Optical Fibres in Radio Astronomy - Journal of Modern Optics, 2000, vol.47 NO.11, 2015-2020
Data Highway to the Stars - IEE Review March 2000
Links
US ALMA Home Page
UK ALMA Home Page
ALMA page at ESO
Web page for information on JIVE & VLBI
Recommended Text Books
Text Books, we can recommend, on this subject are:
- Optical Fiber Communications 2nd Edtn, Senior, Prentice Hall
- Fiber-Optic Communication Systems 2nd Edtn, Agrawal, Interscience
- Optical Networks, A Practical Perspective, Ramaswami & Sivarajan, Morgan Kaufmann
Monthly Reports
Monthly Reports
- For Local Users Only
Web page written by: Roshene McCool rmccool@jb.man.ac.uk
