Enhanced radiation resistant fiber optics
Abstract
A process for producing an optical fiber having enhanced radiation resitance is provided, the process including maintaining an optical fiber within a hydrogen-containing atmosphere for sufficient time to yield a hydrogen-permeated optical fiber having an elevated internal hydrogen concentration, and irradiating the hydrogen-permeated optical fiber at a time while the optical fiber has an elevated internal hydrogen concentration with a source of ionizing radiation. The radiation source is typically a cobalt-60 source and the fiber is pre-irradiated with a dose level up to about 1000 kilorads of radiation.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869050
- Patent Number(s):
- 5267343
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03C - CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUS ENAMELS
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- enhanced; radiation; resistant; fiber; optics; process; producing; optical; resitance; provided; including; maintaining; hydrogen-containing; atmosphere; sufficient; time; yield; hydrogen-permeated; elevated; internal; hydrogen; concentration; irradiating; source; ionizing; typically; cobalt-60; pre-irradiated; dose; level; 1000; kilorads; hydrogen concentration; process including; fiber optics; fiber optic; optical fiber; radiation source; ionizing radiation; sufficient time; enhanced radiation; radiation resistant; containing atmosphere; including maintaining; /385/65/
Citation Formats
Lyons, Peter B, and Looney, Larry D. Enhanced radiation resistant fiber optics. United States: N. p., 1993.
Web.
Lyons, Peter B, & Looney, Larry D. Enhanced radiation resistant fiber optics. United States.
Lyons, Peter B, and Looney, Larry D. Fri .
"Enhanced radiation resistant fiber optics". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869050.
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abstractNote = {A process for producing an optical fiber having enhanced radiation resitance is provided, the process including maintaining an optical fiber within a hydrogen-containing atmosphere for sufficient time to yield a hydrogen-permeated optical fiber having an elevated internal hydrogen concentration, and irradiating the hydrogen-permeated optical fiber at a time while the optical fiber has an elevated internal hydrogen concentration with a source of ionizing radiation. The radiation source is typically a cobalt-60 source and the fiber is pre-irradiated with a dose level up to about 1000 kilorads of radiation.},
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