Consequences of Radiation Effects on Pure-Silica-Core Optical Fibers Used for Raman-Scattering-Based Temperature Measurements

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-58

  Jensen, Fredrik B H ^a,b,c   Takada, Eiji ^a,b,c   Nakazawa, Masaharu ^a,b,c   Kakuta, Tsunemi ^a,b,c   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI CABLE LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Neutron radiation; Nuclear power plant; Optical fiber sensing; Radiation effects; Raman scattering; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATTENUATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POLYIMIDES; RADIATION DAMAGE; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILICA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GAMMA RAY IRRADIATION; PURE SILICA CORE OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTRAL ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031997299     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.659554     Document Type: Article

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