Rad Hard Fibers

Harsh Environment Fibers

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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.

Highlights

Benefits & Features

  • Low radiation induced attenuation
  • Low bending losses
  • Chemical core compositions adapted to each radiative environment
  • Large choice of coatings for harsh environments
  • Outstanding mechanical protection

Applications

  • Nuclear Environment
  • High energy physics
  • Space

Main Specifications

Datasheet

Products

Product Specification Datasheet
IXF-SM-1550-80-019-PI Low radiation level
Polyimide coating
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IXF-SM-1550-80-024-PI Low radiation level
Polyimide coating
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IXF-SM-1550-125-012-PI Low radiation level
Polyimide coating
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IXF-SM-1550-125-014-PI Low radiation level
Polyimide coating
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IXF-SM-1550-125-028-PI Low radiation level
Polyimide coating
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IXF-SM-1550-125-014-HT Low radiation level
Acrylate coating
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IXF-RAD-SM-1550-014-HT High radiation level
Acrylate coating
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IXF-RAD-SM-1550-014-PI High radiation level
Polyimide coating
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IXF-RAD-SM-1550-014-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-P-012-E 1550 nm operation
Panda design
Space Grade PM 1550
0.12 Numerical Aperture
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IXF-PMF-1550-125-P-020-PI 1550 nm operation
Panda design
0.20 Numerical Aperture
Polyimide coating
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Publications

  • Toward Confocal Chromatic Sensing in Nuclear Reactors: In Situ Optical Refractive Index Measurements of Bulk Glass

    Marion Agoyan, Gary Fourneau, Guy Cheymol, Ayoub Ladaci, Hicham Maskrot, Christophe Destouches, Damien Fourmentel, Sylvain Girard, Aziz Boukenter

    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ( Volume: 69, Issue: 4, April 2022)

    https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2022.3150221

    Here, the optical fiber was a radiation-hardened (rad-hard) optical fiber made by Exail with an aluminum coating allowing its use up to 400°C.

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  • Radiation Effects on Pure-Silica Multimode Optical Fibers in the Visible and Near-Infrared Domains: Influence of OH Groups

    Cosimo Campanella, Vincenzo De Michele, Adriana Morana , Gilles Mélin (Exail), Thierry Robin (Exail), Emmanuel Marin, Youcef Ouerdane, Aziz Boukenter and Sylvain Girard

    Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 2991

    https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072991

    For the present investigation, three MM optical fibers with pure silica cores, fluorine-doped claddings and polyimide coatings have been manufactured by Exail (Lannion, France).

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Application Notes

Polyimide Fibers for harsh environments

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