Radiation effects on ytterbium- and ytterbium/erbium-doped double-clad optical fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3293-3299

  Girard, S ^a   Ouerdane, Y ^b   Tortech, B ^b   Marcandella, C ^a   Robin, T ^c   Cadier, B ^c   Baggio, J ^a   Paillet, P ^a   Ferlet Cavrois, V ^d   Boukenter, A ^b   Meunier, J P ^b   Schwank, J R ^e   Shaneyfelt, M R ^e   Dodd, P E ^e   Blackmore, E W ^f  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c IXblue   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f TRIUMF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color centers; Erbium; Gamma; Optical fibers; Protons; Radiation effects; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; DOPED FIBER; DOUBLE-CLAD OPTICAL FIBERS; ER-DOPED GLASS; GAMMA; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HOST MATRICES; INFRA-RED PARTS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OUTER SPACE; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; RADIATION-INDUCED ATTENUATION; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

COLOR CENTERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOSPHORUS; PROTONS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; YTTERBIUM;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 72349088928     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2033999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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