Long-term radiation effects on fibre Bragg grating temperature sensors in a low flux nuclear reactor

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1506-1511

  Fernandez Fernandez, A ^a,b   Gusarov, A ^a   Brichard, B ^a   Decreton M ^a   Berghmans, F ^a,c   Megret P ^d   Delchambre, A ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating; Nuclear monitoring; Optical fibre sensor; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DRIFTS; NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

TEMPERATURE SENSOR;

EID: 4043089289     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/8/013     Document Type: Article

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