Microscopic mechanisms of radiation-induced light attenuation in pure silica-core fibers: influence of heat treatment in the process of metal and polyimide coating application

Pavel F. Kashaykin; Alexander L. Tomashuk; Irina S. Azanova; Olga L. Vokhmyanina; Tatiana V. Dimakova; Igor A. Maltsev; Yulia O. Sharonova; Elena A. Pospelova; Evgeni M. Dianov

doi:10.1117/12.2520428

16 April 2019 Microscopic mechanisms of radiation-induced light attenuation in pure silica-core fibers: influence of heat treatment in the process of metal and polyimide coating application

Pavel F. Kashaykin, Alexander L. Tomashuk, Irina S. Azanova, Olga L. Vokhmyanina, Tatiana V. Dimakova, Igor A. Maltsev, Yulia O. Sharonova, Elena A. Pospelova, Evgeni M. Dianov

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Proceedings Volume 11029, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VI; 110290U (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520428
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

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Radiation-induced absorption (RIA) of light in the visible spectral region is studied in three differently coated puresilica- core, F-doped-silica cladding optical fibers ("pure-silica fibers", PSFs) drawn from the same preform under γ-irradiation up to 1 kGy, the irradiation temperature being varied in the range ±60 °C. The coating types include aluminum, copper and polyimide. It is found out that the extremum of the temperature dependence of RIA due to strainassisted self-trapped holes (STHs) in Al- and polyimide-coated PSFs is shifted towards higher temperatures (≥+60 °C) as compared to acrylate-coated PSFs, of which the extremum temperature was previously found to be around 0 °C. Additional heat treatment in the process of application of the above coatings is argued not to the main factor influencing RIA, which increases primarily to the very presence of a metal layer on the silica surface. The latter, in turn, increases strain in the silica network and the STH population. Photobleaching of the STH-associated bands and UV-tail produced by the probe white-light halogen lamp under γ-irradiation at a dose of ~1 kGy and dose rate of 1.31 Gy/s is assessed quantitatively to be in the range from 20% to 90%.

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Pavel F. Kashaykin, Alexander L. Tomashuk, Irina S. Azanova, Olga L. Vokhmyanina, Tatiana V. Dimakova, Igor A. Maltsev, Yulia O. Sharonova, Elena A. Pospelova, and Evgeni M. Dianov "Microscopic mechanisms of radiation-induced light attenuation in pure silica-core fibers: influence of heat treatment in the process of metal and polyimide coating application", Proc. SPIE 11029, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VI, 110290U (16 April 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520428

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