TY - JOUR A1 - Henschel, H. A1 - Hoeffgen, S.K. A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Kuhnhenn, J. A1 - Weinand, U. T1 - Influence of Fiber Composition and Grating Fabrication on the Radiation Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Gratings N2 - The radiation-induced Bragg wavelength shift (BWS) was measured with type I gratings made of 12 fibers with very different composition, i.e., of fibers with an extremely different radiation-induced attenuation. With two of the fibers fabrication parameters like laser intensity, hydrogen loading, and annealing conditions after grating inscription were varied. With another fiber type I and type II gratings were made by a completely different process. With gratings made under identical conditions of the 12 fibers the radiation-induced BWS only varied by about a factor of three. Varying the fabrication parameters led to BWS differences up to nearly a factor of ten. KW - Fiber Bragg gratings KW - Gamma radiation KW - Optical fiber sensor KW - Radiation effects PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2008.2001039 SN - 0018-9499 SN - 1558-1578 VL - 55 IS - 4 SP - 2235 EP - 2242 PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) CY - New York, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-18570 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krebber, Katerina A1 - Henschel, H. A1 - Weinand, U. T1 - Fibre Bragg gratings as high dose radiation sensors? N2 - We have measured for the first time the shift of the Bragg wavelength and other parameters of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) exposed to radiation at different wavelengths up to a dose of 100 kGy. The results show that the FBG sensitivity to radiation increases from 820 nm to 1516 nm so that FBGs with higher Bragg wavelength, e.g. 1.55 µm, are good candidates for high dose radiation sensing: no saturation was observed up to 100 kGy and the measured wavelength shift was fairly independent on the radiation dose rate. T2 - 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors CY - Bruges, Belgium DA - 2005-05-23 KW - Fibre Bragg gratings KW - Radiation effects KW - Gamma radiation KW - Fibre sensors KW - Radiation sensors KW - Radiation dosimetry PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/17/5/S26 SN - 0957-0233 SN - 1361-6501 VL - 17 SP - 1095 EP - 1102 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol AN - OPUS4-7491 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Negut, D. A1 - Sturm, Heinz A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina T1 - Effects of gamma radiation on perfluorinated polymer optical fibers N2 - The paper presents the first complex study of Gamma radiation effects on a low-loss perfluorinated polymer optical fiber (PF-POF) based on Cytop® polymer. Influence of gamma radiation on fiber’s optical, mechanical and climatic performance is investigated. The radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) in the visible and near-infrared region (0.4 μm-1.7 mm) is measured and its origins are discussed. Besides attenuation increase, radiation is also shown to decrease the thermal degradation stability of the fiber and to increase its susceptibility to water. With regard to complex fiber transmission performance upon irradiation, the optimal operation wavelength region of PF-POF-based systems intended for use in Radiation environments is determined to be around 1.1 μm. On the other hand, the investigated fiber holds potential for low-cost RIA-based optical fiber dosimetry applications with sensitivity as high as 260 dBm⁻¹/kGy in the visible region. KW - Perfluorinated polymer optical fibers KW - Cytop KW - Gamma radiation KW - Radiation-induced attenuation PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.05.027 SN - 0925-3467 VL - 58 SP - 226 EP - 233 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-36462 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -