Proton- and Gamma-induced effects on erbium-doped optical fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2426-2434

  Girard, S ^a,b   Tortech, B ^c   Regnier E ^d   Van Uffelen, M ^a,e   Gusarov, A ^e   Ouerdane, Y ^c   Baggio, J ^a,b   Paillet, P ^a,b   Ferlet Cavrois, V ^a,b   Boukenter, A ^c   Meunier, J P ^c   Berghmans, F ^a,e,f   Schwank, J R ^a,g   Shaneyfelt, M R ^a,g   Felix, J A ^a,g   Blackmore, E W ^a,h   Thienpont, H ^f  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d Draka Comteq France SAS   (France)

^e BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h TRIUMF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color centers; Erbium; Gamma; Optical fibers; Protons; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CHARACTERIZATION; COLOR CENTERS; ERBIUM; GAMMA RAYS; METAL IONS; WAVELENGTH;

ION PUMPING; PROTON EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSES; RARE-EARTH IONS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 37249053353     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.910859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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