Photonics for nuclear industry: issues, problems, and potential solutions

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

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19 July 1999 Photonics for nuclear industry: issues, problems, and potential solutions

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

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Proceedings Volume 3749, 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354872
Event: ICO XVIII 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, 1999, San Francisco, CA, United States

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.

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Francis Berghmans, Andrei I. Gusarov, Benoit Brichard, Marc C. Decreton, Olivier Deparis, Patrice Megret, Michel Blondel, Irina P. Veretennicoff, and Hugo Thienpont "Photonics for nuclear industry: issues, problems, and potential solutions", Proc. SPIE 3749, 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, (19 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354872

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