Interlaboratory comparison of radiation-induced attenuation in optical fibers. I. Steady-state exposures

Author

Friebele, E.J. ; Taylor, E.W. ; De Beauregard, Guy Turguet ; Wall, James A. ; Barnes, C.E.

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

6

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

165

Lastpage

171

Abstract

A comparison of the losses induced at 0.85 μm in three all glass-pure silica core optical fibers by steady-state radiation exposures has been made among five laboratories. Both the growth of the attenuation during irradiation and the recovery following exposures of 3000 and 10⁵ rads have been measured. Although a standard set of parameters was attempted by all laboratories, the slight divergences (0.45⩽σ⩽0.99 dB/km) observed in some data indicate sensitivity of the results to factors such as photobleaching, injection conditions, and sample coil diameter

Keywords

gamma-ray effects; optical fibres; optical losses; 0.85 micron; 3000 to 10⁵ rad; SiO₂; glass-pure silica core optical fibers; injection conditions; losses; optical fibers; photobleaching; radiation-induced attenuation; sample coil diameter; Attenuation measurement; Coils; Laboratories; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photobleaching; Silicon compounds; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.3984

Filename

3984