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Date Announced: 09 Jul 2013
Optical kit is used to transmit high-speed clock and control data to silicon modules inside the ATLAS detector.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reflex Photonics today announced that it has begun shipping it’s 120 Gbps LightABLE™ embedded optical engines to CERN for use in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
ATLAS is one of two general-purpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN. It investigates a variety of physics phenomena, from the search for the Higgs boson to particles and extra dimensions that could make up what is called dark matter.
Particle beams collide at the center of the ATLAS detector creating collision debris in the form of new particles, which fly out from the collision point in all directions.
Detectors in ATLAS record the paths, momentum, and energy of the particles, allowing them to be identified. The Reflex LightABLEs are used in the ATLAS counting room to transmit the high-speed clock and control data to the silicon modules inside the ATLAS detector.
“We have been using the Reflex LightABLE optical engines for a development of the readout system of one of the sub-detectors of the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC,” said Tony Weidberg, University Reader at Oxford University.
“We selected this device because its small form factor allowed us to integrate it into our existing electronic systems. We have been very pleased with the performance of the products we have received and we have had good results from our reliability studies. Reflex has always been very helpful in replying to the many technical questions we have asked.”
“Due to the unaddressed need for a low-cost, short-reach >100 Gbps optical solution, Reflex launched its general purpose LightABLE product,” said Robert Coenen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Reflex Photonics. “A large percentage of the high-speed optical links are less than 100 meters and for this the Reflex LightABLE module is the ideal solution.”
The Reflex Photonics 120 Gbps LightABLE allows engineers to add high speed parallel optical connectivity to almost any PCB design. For more information on Reflex Photonics and its technology, please visit http://www.reflexphotonics.com or email sales@reflexphotonics.com.
Source: Reflex Photonics
E-mail: rcoenen@reflexphotonics.com
Web Site: www.reflexphotonics.com
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