Effect of the fiber coating on the radiation sensitivity of type i FBGs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1802-1804

  Gusarov, A ^a   Chojetzki, C ^b   McKenzie, I ^c   Thienpont, H ^d   Berghmans, F ^d  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Optical fiber radiation effects

Indexed keywords

FIBER COATINGS; NEAR-EARTH SPACES; OPTICAL FIBER RADIATION EFFECTS; ORMOCER; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; TOTAL DOSE;

COATINGS; EARTH (PLANET); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; IONIZING RADIATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYIMIDES;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77955074345     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2004699     Document Type: Article

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