Development of photonics component failure rate models

Abstract

This paper summarizes the results of a photonics component and subsystem reliability modeling study that was performed by Quanterion Solutions Incorporated (QSI) under a project sponsored through the Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC) by the Naval Air Systems Command under Contract Number N00421-03-D-0044 Delivery Order 08 (approved for public release: control number 09-770) [1]. The overall project consisted of four separate tasks.