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Optical fibers and optical fiber sensors used in radiation monitoring
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posted on 2018-01-19, 14:29 authored by Dan Sporea, Adelina Sporea, Sinéad O'Keeffe, Denis McCarthy, ELFED LEWISELFED LEWISBy their very nature, optical fibers and, by extension, intrinsic and extrinsic optical fiberbased
sensors are promising devices to be used in very different and complex environments
considering their characteristics such as: capabilities to work under strong electromagnetic
fields; possibility to carry multiplexed signals (time, wavelength multiplexing); small size
and low mass; ability to handle multi-parameter measurements in distributed configuration;
possibility to monitor sites far away from the controller; their availability to be incorporated
into the monitored structure; wide bandwidth for communication applications. In the case
of the optical fibers, the possibility to be incorporated into various types of sensors and
actuators, free of additional hazards (i.e. fire, explosion), made them promising candidates
to operate in special or adverse conditions as those required by space or terrestrial
applications (spacecraft on board instrumentation, nuclear facilities, future fusion
installations, medical treatment and diagnostics premises, medical equipment sterilization).
Major advantages to be considered in using optical fibers/optical fiber sensors for radiation
detection and monitoring refer to: real-time interrogation capabilities, possibility to design
spatially resolved solutions (the capability to build array detectors), in-vivo investigations
(i.e. inside the body measurements).
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Selected Topics on Optical Fiber Technology, Moh. Yasin, Sulaiman W. Harun and Hamzah Arof (eds);chapter 23Publisher
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