Radiation damage effects in doped fiber materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6873, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fox, B P ^a   Simmons Potter, K ^a   Simmons, J H ^a   Thomes Jr , W J ^b   Bambha, R P ^c   Kliner, D A V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Co 60 irradiation; Er doped fibers; Gamma radiation effects; Photodarkening; Radiation induced absorption; Rare earth doped fibers; Yb doped fibers

Indexed keywords

(060.2410) FIBERS; (140.3500) LASERS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CO-DOPED; DOPED FIBERS; DOSE RATES; ER-DOPED; ER-DOPED FIBERS; GENERAL (CO); INFRARED (IR) SPECTRUM; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; RADIATION-RESISTANCE; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION;

COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; HEALTH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PIGMENTS; RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGY;

FIBERS;

EID: 44949156337     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.778764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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