Gamma radiation studies on optical materials

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2857-2867

  Colby, Eric ^a   Lum, Gary ^b   Plettner, Tomas ^c   Spencer, James ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

a,c silica; Damage; II VI; III V; Impedances; Lasers; Optical laser materials; Silicon; Transmissive reflective

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BANDWIDTH; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SILICA;

LASER MATERIALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0036956324     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.806019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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