High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Simulation Test on Northern Telecom Inc. FD-565 Optical Fiber Transmission System

Abstract

This report describes the tests on the Northern Telecom Inc. (NTI), FD-565 Optical Fiber Digital Transmission System against the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP). It contains the information presented in NCSTIB-91-1 and HDL SR-91-8 along with the results of the second-phase of testing at the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) Advanced Research Electromagnetic Simulator (ARES) facility. This report documents the FD-565 system configuration and test configurations and describes the test facilities and data acquisition and processing systems. The tests were carried out at different HEMP facilities because the 60-kV/m free-field level could not be reached at the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) facility as planned. Three different kinds of data are presented: operational data, bulk-current data, and field-level data. For the purpose of statistical analysis, all the operational data are tabulated at the end of this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA330605

Entities

People

  • Eric Nguyen
  • Mark H. Mar
  • Ronald J. Reyzer

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Altitude
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Fiber-Optic Cables
  • Free Field
  • High Altitude
  • Indicator Lights
  • Optical Fibers
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.