Temperature and dose-rate effects in gamma irradiated rare-earth doped fibers

Rare-earth-doped fibers, such as Er3+- and Yb3+-doped aluminosilicates can be advantageous in space-based systems due to their stability, their high-bandwidth transmission properties and their lightweight, small-volume properties. In such environments the effect of ionizing-radiation on the optical transmission of these fibers is of paramount importance. For the present work, gamma-radiation experiments were conducted in which un-pumped Yb3+ and Er3+ doped sample fibers were irradiated with a Cobalt-60 source under different dose-rate and temperature conditions. In-situ spectral transmittance data over the near IR was monitored during the irradiations for total doses of up to tens of krad (Si). It was found that there was a dose-rate dependence in which higher rates resulted in more photodarkening. Higher temperatures were not found to significantly affect the rate of photodarkening at the dose rates used.

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