Gamma radiation effects in Er-doped silica fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 III, 2004, Pages 2763-2769

  Van Uffelen, M ^a   Girard, S ^b   Goutaland, F ^b   Gusarov, A ^c   Brichard, B ^a   Berghmans, F ^a,d  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c Multitel   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Color centers; Er dopants; Fiber amplifier; Gamma radiation; Optical fibers; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SILICA;

ER DOPANTS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS (EDF); LOSS COMPENSATORS;

ERBIUM;

EID: 8344270356     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.835059     Document Type: Article

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