Rad Hard Fibers
Harsh Environment Fibers
Overview
Coatings for harsh environment
For more than a decade iXblue has developed a unique know-how in the design of optical fibers in radiative environments such as nuclear power plants, high energy physics labs, nuclear waste repository sites and even all the way into space. iXblue develops and maintains a comprehensive product line of fibers designed to fit many of such applications. Our fibers can be used for data transmission, sensing or experiment monitoring.
More fibers are available on stock and we have furthermore the ability to custom design your fiber based on your specific application. Do not hesitate to contact us with your specific technical requirements.
Products
| Product | Specification | Datasheet | |
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| IXF-SM-1550-80-0.19-PI | Low radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-SM-1550-80-0.24-PI | Low radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-SM-1550-125-0.12-PI | Low radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-SM-1550-125-0.14-PI | Low radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-SM-1550-125-0.28-PI | Low radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-SM-1550-125-0.14-HT | Low radiation level Acrylate coating |
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| IXF-RAD-SM-1550-0.14-HT | High radiation level Acrylate coating |
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| IXF-RAD-SM-1550-0.14-PI | High radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-RAD-SM-1550-0.14-AL | High radiation level Aluminum coating |
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| IXF-MMF-105-125-0.22-RAD | 105 µm core diameter Rad Hard Space Grade |
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| IXF-SRAD-SM-800-014-PI | High radiation level Polyimide coating |
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| IXF-PMF-1550-125-012-E | 1550 nm operation Panda design Space Grade PM 1550 0.12 Numerical Aperture |
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| IXF-PMF-1550-125-020-PI | 1550 nm operation Panda design 0.20 Numerical Aperture Polyimide coating |
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Publications
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Combined effect of radiation and temperature: towards optical fibers suited to distributed sensing in extreme radiation environments
30th Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS 2019) – September 2019
Combined effect of radiation and temperature on the response of polyimide coated radiation hardened single-mode fibers is investigated in the context of distributed monitoring of large nuclear infrastructures. Radiation induced attenuation (RIA) is evaluated for doses ranging from 1 to 10 MGy(SiO2) and temperatures up to ~250 °C.
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Radiation resistant single-mode fiber with different coatings for sensing in high dose environments
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science – 10 December 2018
A radiation single-mode optical fiber has been specifically developed for distributed sensing in harsh environments associated with MGy(SiO2) dose radiation. Different types of coating have been used: acrylate, polyimide, aluminum that allow extending the range of accessible temperatures up to 400°C…
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Radiation hardened temperature measurement chain based on femtosecond laser written fbgs in a specific optical fiber
5th Workshop on Specialty Optical Fiber and Their Applications – October 2017
A radiation resistant temperature measurement chain based on femtosecond laser written FBGs is described. First results confirm a suitable design to withstand foreseen harsh nuclear envirnoment both in term of temperature and cumulated dose.
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