Core versus cladding effects of proton irradiation on erbium-doped optical fiber: Micro-luminescence study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2223-2228

  Tortech, Blandine ^a   Girard, Sylvain ^b   Régnier, Elise ^c   Ouerdane, Youcef ^a   Boukenter, Aziz ^a   Meunier, Jean Pierre ^a   Van Uffelen, Marco ^d   Gusarov, Andreï ^d   Berghmans, Francis ^e   Thienpont, Hugo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c Draka Comteq France SAS   (France)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Erbium doped optical fiber; Luminescence; Proton Irradiation induced effects

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COLOR CENTERS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ERBIUM; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POINT DEFECTS; PROTONS; SILICON; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BEFORE AND AFTER; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; ER3+ IONS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER; ERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER; ERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBERS; FIBER CORES; INFRARED LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE BANDS; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; MEV PROTONS; PROTON- IRRADIATION-INDUCED EFFECTS; RADIATION DEFECTS; SPECTRAL RANGES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PROTON IRRADIATION;

EID: 53349118111     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2000786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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