Photonics for nuclear industry: Issues, problems and potential solutions

Francis Berghmans; Andrei Gusarov; Benoit Brichard; Marc Decreton; Olivier Deparis; Patrice Megret; Michel Blondel; Irina Veretennicoff; Hugo Thienpont

Photonics for nuclear industry: Issues, problems and potential solutions

Francis Berghmans, Andrei Gusarov, Benoit Brichard, Marc Decreton, Olivier Deparis, Patrice Megret, Michel Blondel, Irina Veretennicoff, Hugo Thienpont

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Abstract

Nuclear industry shows an increasing interest in the possibilities offered by optical fiber technology. The radiation hardness of many fiber-optic devices still needs to be assessed if optical fiber telecommunication and sensing systems have to be deployed in nuclear facilities. In this paper, we report on recent gamma irradiation experiments on modern fiber optic devices such as special optical fibers, fiber temperature sensors, Bragg gratings and VCSELs. The results indicate that these components can be applied in ionizing radiation environments, even at very high levels of exposure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	536-537
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	3749
State	Published - 1999
Event	Proceedings of the 1999 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO XVIII): Optics for the Next Millennium - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: 2 Aug 1999 → 6 Aug 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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