Dispersion and refractive index measurement for Ge, B-Ge doped and photonic crystal fibre following irradiation at MGy levels

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1659-1664

  MacPherson, W N ^a   Maier, R R J ^a   Barton, J S ^a   Jones, J D C ^a   Fernandez Fernandez, A ^b   Brichard, B ^b   Berghmans, F ^b   Knight, J C ^c   Russell, P StJ ^c   Farr, L ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Optical fibre; Radiation; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

BORON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 4043070714     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/8/039     Document Type: Article

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