Support of the NATO Effects Task Group by Los Alamos National Laboratory

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5170251

Lyons, P B

A method is outlined for measuring the transient attenuation of optical fibers and/or cables exposed to a pulse of radiation (gamma rays, x-rays, electrons, protons, neutrons, etc). It can be employed to determine the level of radiation-induced attenuation (in units of dB/km as a function of time) produced in single-mode or multi-mode optical fibers, in either cabled or uncabled form, due to pulsed exposure to radiation. Co{sup 60} radiation-induced attenuation is measured by optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) techniques and compared to conventional optical throughput measurements. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the OTDR technique are discussed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5170251
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-91-2940; LA-UR-91-990; CONF-9109277-1; ON: DE92000251
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1991 Nuclear Effects Task Group (NETG) annual meeting, Munich (Germany), Sep 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
HYDROGEN
DIFFUSION
OPTICAL FIBERS
ATTENUATION
BACKSCATTERING
GAMMA RADIATION
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PULSED IRRADIATION
SILICA
CHALCOGENIDES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
FIBERS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
MINERALS
NONMETALS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
360605* - Materials- Radiation Effects
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