TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Negut, D. A1 - Sturm, Heinz A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Webb, D. J. ED - Scully, P. ED - Sugden, K. T1 - Impacts of gamma irradiation on cytop plastic optical fibres N2 - Impact of gamma radiation on transmission of a commercial Cytop polymer optical fibre (Lucina, Asahi Glass Company) is investigated. Spectral dependence of radiation induced attenuation in the investigated fibre is measured in the VIS-NIR spectral region. Besides attenuation increase, radiation is found to increase fibre susceptibility to water as well. While pristine Cytop fibre is rather humidity insensitive, strong humidity related absorption in the NIR region is observed after fibre irradiation. Selective irradiation of separate fibre sections is proposed as a way of fibre humidity sensitization and quasi-distributed water detection is demonstrated using optical time domain reflectometry at 1310 nm. T2 - POF 2016: 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres CY - Birmingham, UK DA - 13.09.2016 KW - Polymer optical fibers KW - Cytop KW - Gamma radiation PY - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-403216 SN - 9781854494085 SP - 114 EP - 117 CY - Birmingham AN - OPUS4-40321 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 U6 - 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 - TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Negut, D. A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Lewis, E. T1 - Perfluorinated polymer optical fiber for gamma radiation monitoring N2 - The sensitivity of low-loss perfluorinated polymer optical fiber (PF-POF) to gamma radiation is investigated for on-line radiation monitoring purposes. The radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) of a commercial PF-POF based on Cytop material is measured in the visible spectral region. The fiber RIA shows strong wavelength dependence with rapid increase towards the blue side of the spectrum. The wide range of radiation sensitivities is available via careful selection of appropriate monitoring wavelength. The accessible sensitivities span from 1.6 ± 0.2 dBm-1/kGy measured at 750 nm to 18.3 ± 0.7 dBm-1/kGy measured at 420 nm. The fairly high radiation sensitivity as well as its wide tunability makes the fiber a promising candidate for a broad range of applications. T2 - Sixth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors CY - Limerick, Ireland DA - 31.05.2016 KW - Perfluorinated polymer optical fiber KW - Cytop KW - gamma radiation KW - optical fiber sensors KW - radiation dosimetry PY - 2016 UR - http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2525047&resultClick=1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235528 VL - 9916 SP - 99160H-1 EP - 99160H-4 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, WA, USA AN - OPUS4-36461 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Negut, Daniel A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Kalli, K. ED - Mendez, A. T1 - On-line monitoring of gamma irradiated perfluorinated polymer optical fiber N2 - In this paper, we present the first results regarding the on-line monitoring of gamma-ray exposure effects on a commercial multi-mode perfluorinated polymer optical fiber (PF-POF), type GigaPOF-50SR from Chromis Fiberoptics. Our focus was to evaluate on-line the radiation induced attenuation (RIA) over a wide spectral range (320 nm – 1700 nm), in order to assess the fiber’s radiation hardness and its possible use in radiation detection. An Ocean Optics QE65000 high sensitivity spectrometer and a StellarNet near-IR spectrometer were used to cover the spectral ranges 200 nm – 1μm and 900 nm – 1.6 μm, respectively. Electron paramagnetic resonance was used to monitor the recovery of the irradiation induced centers at room temperature. The study indicated that the optical fiber can be used as radiation monitor at low dose rates by measuring the attenuation in the UV, while higher dose rates irradiation can be observed by RIA monitoring at specific wavelengths in the visible spectral range. T2 - Photonics Europe 2016, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibers IV CY - Brussels, Belgium DA - 03.04.2016 KW - electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy KW - Perfluorinated polymer optical fiber KW - radiation effects KW - gamma irradiation KW - radiation hardness KW - radiation induced attenuation KW - radiation dosimetry PY - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230688 VL - 9886 SP - 98861Q-1 EP - 98861Q-6 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, USA AN - OPUS4-35927 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Sporea, D. A1 - Mihai, L. A1 - Negut, D. A1 - Schukar, Marcus A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Bunge, C.-A. ED - Kruglov, R. T1 - Gamma radiation induced effects in perfluorinated polymer optical fibers for sensing applications N2 - Radiation induced attenuation in perfluorinated polymer optical fiber was investigated as a potential mean for online. in situ gamma radiation monitoring. Spectral dependence of radiation induced attenuation was measured in the visible and near infrared range. Attenuation spectrum exhibits sharp increase both towards the ultraviolet and infrared side of the spectrum with 3 distinct peaks around 1400 nm. The fiber sensitivity to gamma radiation was further evaluated at two commonly used IR wavelengths (1310nm and l550nm} by pre- and post-irradiation optical time-domain reflectometry measurements. The examined fiber is sensitive up to lOO kGy of total absorbed dose with only minor saturation towards the large dose values. The influence of gamma radiation on the fiber mechanical properties was studied as well. Up to the maximal dose of 100 kGy, no significant deterioration of fiber strength and elasticity was observed. T2 - 3rd International POF Modelling Workshop CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 21.09.2015 KW - Perfluorinated POF KW - Gamma radiation KW - Radiation induced losses KW - Radiation dosimetry PY - 2015 SN - 978-3739214993 SP - 95 EP - 103 PB - Books on Demand GmbH CY - Norderstedt AN - OPUS4-35287 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -