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This document is intended for discrete and integrated digital, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), and analog/radio frequency (RF) photonic components developed for eventual transition to aerospace platforms. The document provides the reasons for verification of photonic device life test and packaging durability. The document focuses on pre-qualification activity at the optical component level to achieve TRL 6. The recommended tests in this document are intended to excite typical failure mechanisms encountered with photonic devices in an aerospace operating environment, and to build confidence that a technology is qualifiable during a program’s engineering and manufacturing development phase. This recommended practice is targeting components to support electrical-to-optical, optical-to-electrical, or optical-to-optical functionality. Passive optical waveguide, fiber optic cable, and connector components that are integral to a photonic package are included.

This document provides details of test methods that should be taken into consideration when qualifying fiber optic termini to the product specifications (slash sheets). The product specifications (slash sheets) provide pass/fail criteria, optical and physical intermatability, and interoperability requirements for fiber optic termini in circular, rectangular, and modular type aerospace connectors.

This slash sheet defines the design, performance, and interoperability requirements for fiber optic expanded beam, ball lens, single-mode socket termini installed in size 16 cavity connectors.

This slash sheet defines the design, performance, and interoperability requirements for fiber optic expanded beam, ball lens, single-mode pin termini installed in size 16 cavity connectors.

This specification covers design and performance requirements of fiber optic splices for optical distribution systems in aerospace vehicles and provides a means of procurement of such devices.

This specification covers design and performance requirements of fiber optic splices for optical distribution systems in aerospace vehicles and provides a means of procurement of such devices.

This specification covers design and performance requirements of fiber optic splices for optical distribution systems in aerospace vehicles and provides a means of procurement of such devices.

This detail specification defines fiber optic fusion splicers acceptable for the installation and repair of a wide range of optical fibers and cables with virtually no insertion loss in hazardous environments (potentially flammable or explosive atmospheres, Type I), particularly aerospace applications. The requirements for acquiring the splicer described herein shall consist of this specification and the latest issue of AS6479.

This detail specification defines fiber optic fusion splicers acceptable for the installation and repair of a wide range of optical fibers and cables with virtually no insertion loss, particularly in aerospace applications, but not in flammable or explosive atmospheres (Type II). The requirements for acquiring the splicer described herein shall consist of this specification and the latest issue of AS6479.

This specification includes detail requirements for a fiber optic splice tested in accordance with MA5405.

This specification includes detailed requirements for a fiber optic cable splice compliant with AS5405.

This document is intended to provide reliability assurance recommended practices for the deployment of individual photonic devices and PIC-based devices into aerospace platforms, focusing on reliability requirements to reach Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7, 8 and 9. It will cover reliability assurance tests for single element and PIC chips, packaged single element and PIC chips and some single element and PIC based higher functionality modules, such as fiber-optic transmitters and receivers, free space optical transmitters and receivers, illuminators and sources for optical sensors. The document will provide the reasons and methods for aerospace reliability assurance of PIC chips, PIC based packages and PIC based devices. It will be as inclusive as possible, including PIC chips fabricated in the main material systems: semiconductors (Group IV, III-V, II-VI), electro-optic crystals (lithium niobate) and polymers.

This specification applies to a communication protocol for networked control systems. The protocol provides peer-to-peer communication for networked control and is suitable for implementing both peer-to-peer and master-slave control strategies. This specification describes services for all seven protocol layers. In the layer 7 specification, it includes a description of the types of messages used by applications to exchange application and network management data.

This document provides an overview of currently available and need to be developed modeling and simulation capabilities required for implementing robust and reliable Aerospace WDM LAN applications.

This specification includes detailed requirements for a fiber optic cable splice compliant with AS5405.