Reactor radiation-induced attenuation in fused silica optical fibers heated up to 1000 °C》.pdf

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 409 (2015) 88 –94 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids journal homepage: www. elsevi er. com/ locate/ jnonc rysol Reactor radiation-induced attenuation in fused silica optical fibers heated up to 1000 °C Christian M. Petrie a, David P. Hawn a, Wolfgang Windl b, Thomas E. Blue a,c,⁎ a The Ohio State University, Nuclear Engineering Program, 201 W. 19th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA b The Ohio State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2041 College Rd, Columbus, OH 43210, USA c The Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, 1298 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The goal of this work was to experimentally determine the performance of commercially available fused silica op- Received 24 July 2014 tical fibers, particularly at the wavelengths used in commercial optical instrumentation (850, 1300, and Received in revised form 21 September 2014 1550 nm), as they are simultaneously subjected to reactor radiation and heated to temperatures up to Accepted 2 November 2014 1000 °C. For that, the broadband (400–2000 nm) optical attenuation in 10 meter lengths of low-OH and high- Available online 19 November 2014 OH multimode fused silica fibers was continuously monitored in-situ. This work presents the first in-situ mea- MSC: surements