High total dose radiation effects on temperature sensing fiber Bragg gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1159-1161

  Gusarov, A I ^a,b   Berghmans, F ^b,c   Deparis, O ^a   Fernandez Fernandez, A ^b,d   Defosse, Y ^a   Megret P ^a   Decreton M ^b   Blondel, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASKS; SILICA;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG);

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032595647     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.784237     Document Type: Article

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