Thresholds For Photoenhanced Radiation Resistance In Optical Fibers

Bruce D. Evans

doi:10.1117/12.963223

15 January 1990 Thresholds For Photoenhanced Radiation Resistance In Optical Fibers

Bruce D. Evans

Proceedings Volume 1174, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963223
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

A systematic study was made of the influence of transmitted optical power upon steady-state, Co-60 radiation-induced attenuation in pure silica core optical fibers near 865 and 1300 nm at -55°C. Single mode and multimode glass and polymer clad fibers were studied. The power-density dependence of attenuation fading following irradiation was modeled in terms of nth order kinetics. The analysis reveals that at low-power density bimolecular-type processes dominate, order n=2, while at high-power density high order, photoenhanced processes prevail, of order The threshold for these and other effects is near .4 mW/cm2.

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Bruce D. Evans "Thresholds For Photoenhanced Radiation Resistance In Optical Fibers", Proc. SPIE 1174, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments III, (15 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963223

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