Enhanced radiation resistant fiber optics

Title: Enhanced radiation resistant fiber optics

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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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Lyons, Peter B. ^[1]; Looney, Larry D. ^[1]

(Los Alamos, NM)

Issue Date:: 1993-01-01

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM

OSTI Identifier:: 869050

Patent Number(s):: 5267343

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC) LANL

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/

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