The data storage interface is implemented using a low-latency TCP/IP stack directly within the hardware, capable of providing near line speed data streaming. The ODC supports multiple data processing images. Using the available time synchronisation inputs (PPS and IRIG), the ODC maintains an accurate hardware time (CUC) that is used to timestamp the received data as well a housekeeping telemetry as received from the FSO receiver. The ODC can be upgraded with custom data processing (such as forward error correction decoding, protocol handling, deciphering, etc.) to support the needs of the program/project. Optoelectronics is based on the quantum mechanical effects of light on electronic materials, especially semiconductors, sometimes in the presence of electric fields.The system consists of a 19″ 2U rack-mountable unit that is controlled and monitored by a software application that allows the system to be used stand-alone or controlled remotely via a Central-Check-Out System ( CCS ).

Įlectro-optics is often erroneously used as a synonym, but is a wider branch of physics that concerns all interactions between light and electric fields, whether or not they form part of an electronic device.

Optoelectronic devices are electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical transducers, or instruments that use such devices in their operation. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light. Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that find, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics.

Digital optical converter