Spectroscopic study of γ-ray and pulsed x-ray radiation-induced point defects in pure-silica-core optical fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1136-1142

  Girard, S ^a,b   Ouerdane, Y ^c   Vincent, B ^d   Baggio, J ^a,b   Medjahdi, K ^c   Bisutti, J ^a,b   Brichard, B ^a,e   Boukenter, A ^c   Boudrioua, A ^f   Meunier, J P ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^e BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

rays; Color centers; Confocal microscopy luminescence; Optical fibers; Pulsed X rays; Radiation induced effects

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; LASER EXCITATION; LUMINESCENCE; POINT DEFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

DECAY KINETICS; NON-BRIDGING OXYGEN HOLE CENTERS; PURE-SILICA-CORE (PSC) OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION-INDUCED ATTENUATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34548059407     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.894142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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