| dc.description.abstract | The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest particle accelerator in the world, is planning on upgrading its performance in the upcoming High-Luminosity LHC project. This project will increase the flux of incoming particles in the detectors and the rate of data collection, seeking to reveal new elements of physics related to the Standard Model and beyond. To accomplish this upgrade, the electronics in the LHC detectors must be improved to handle the higher rate of data. As part of this upgrade, the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, a general-purpose detector and one of the four main experiments at the LHC, seeks to use new high-speed optical transceivers. These transceivers will be essential for fast and reliable transmission of large amounts of data between the frontend muon detector interfaces and backend processing systems of the CMS muon system. This research study seeks to verify that these optical transceivers will meet the specifications for reliable operation in the CMS experiment by checking their compatibility with the design of the backend system and the multiple interface systems that the backend will interact with. A testing procedure has been created for qualification of the optical transceivers, and involves testing a chosen sample of transceivers using different muon frontend components and determining the optical signal strength at which they begin to fail. This testing procedure will allow validation of the design of the backend system and will prove whether or not all optical transceiver devices satisfy the required specifications. | |
