Low-dose radiation-induced attenuation at infrared wavelengths for P-doped, ge-doped and pure silica-core optical fibres

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1115-1119

  Regnier, Elise ^a   Flammer, Ivo ^a   Girard, Sylvain ^b   Gooijer, Frans ^c   Achten, Frank ^c   Kuyt, Gerard ^c  

^a Draka Comteq France SAS   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c Draka Comteq   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fiber; Infrared; Pure and doped silica; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SILICA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOPED SILICA; FIBER ATTENUATION; RADIATION-INDUCED ATTENUATION (RIA);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34548128270     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.894180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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