Gamma ray radiation induced visible light absorption in P-doped silica fibers at low dose levels

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 725-733

  Lu, Ping ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Kulkarni, Narayan ^b   Brown, Kellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DOSIMETRY; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIOTHERAPY; SILICA; SPECTROMETERS;

FIBER OPTIC SPECTROMETER; P-DOPED SILICA FIBERS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0344210955     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00233-4     Document Type: Article

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