RADIATION-DAMAGE IN OPTICAL FIBERS

Authors
GURZHIEV AN TURCHANOVICH LK VASILCHENKO VG BOGATYRJOV VA MASHINSKY VM
Citation
An. Gurzhiev et al., RADIATION-DAMAGE IN OPTICAL FIBERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 391(3), 1997, pp. 417-422
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
391
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
417 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)391:3<417:RIOF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
This article reports results of our investigation of the radiation res istance for some types of quartz and plastic fibers. Quartz fibers wit h high concentration of OH radicals in their cores show a radiation re sistance of about 60-100 kGy/m in the UV region (lambda = 337 nm). Qua rtz fibers partially recover their optical characteristics at room tem perature in air and have entirely recovered after 1 h of heating at 30 0-400 degrees C. Fragile plastic fibers have shown up to 300 times low er level of radiation resistance against normal ones.