Kinetic models and spectral dependencies of the radiation-induced attenuation in pure silica fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 III, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1439-1445

  Borgermans, P ^a,b   Brichard, B ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kinetic models; Optical fibers; Radiation effects; Silica; Spectral dependencies

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOSE RATE; RADIATION-INDUCED ABSORPTION; RADIATION-INDUCED ATTENUATION; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCIES;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0036624434     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039680     Document Type: Article

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