Stabilization of fiber Bragg gratings against gamma radiation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2205-2212

  Gusarov, A ^a   Vasiliev, S ^b   Medvedkov, O ^b   Mckenzie, I ^c   Berghmans, F ^a,d  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b FIBER OPTICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annealing; Fiber Bragg gratings; Hydrogen loading; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ANNEALING; FIBER BRAGG; GAMMA RADIATION; HYDROGEN LOADING; OPTICAL-; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 50249095587     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2001038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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