Photobleaching Effect on the Sensitivity Calibration at 638 nm of a Phosphorus-Doped Single-Mode Optical Fiber Dosimeter
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
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- LUMINA fiber sample
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- Experimental Setup
- Configuration ON means that the laser is always switched on during all the acquisition time, including the “recovery” period following the end of irradiation. If any photobleaching occurs, this configuration will maximize the effect;
- Configuration ON–OFF involves the use of a function generator able to generate laser pulses for which the laser is ON for 20 s and OFF for 580 s, resulting in periodic sequences in which the laser is injected ~3% of the cycle duration time.
3. Analysis and Results
3.1. Configuration ON
3.2. Configuration ON–OFF
4. Discussion
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- Model of the photobleaching effects in a fiber coil
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- Application example
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Fiber Parameter | Value |
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Numerical Aperture | 0.17 ± 0.1 |
Cut-off Wavelength | ~<600 nm |
Core Diameter | 6.6 µm |
Cladding Diameter | 80 ± 1 µm |
Coating Diameter | 128 ± 3 µm |
Losses @600 nm | <12 dB/km |
Injected Power (µW) | Sensitivity (dB km−1 Gy−1) ON | R2 | Sensitivity (dB km−1 Gy−1) ON–OFF | R2 |
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0.5 | 141 | 0.993 | 136 | 0.993 |
1 | 137 | 0.997 | 134 | 0.995 |
10 | 129 | 0.998 | 135 | 0.991 |
50 | 114 | 0.999 | 133 | 0.988 |
100 | 104 | 0.999 | 119 | 0.979 |
500 | 96 | 0.998 | 110 | 0.992 |
1000 | 85 | 0.999 | 109 | 0.995 |
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Fricano, F.; Morana, A.; Roche, M.; Facchini, A.; Mélin, G.; Clément, F.; Balcon, N.; Mekki, J.; Marin, E.; Ouerdane, Y.; et al. Photobleaching Effect on the Sensitivity Calibration at 638 nm of a Phosphorus-Doped Single-Mode Optical Fiber Dosimeter. Sensors 2024, 24, 5547. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175547
Fricano F, Morana A, Roche M, Facchini A, Mélin G, Clément F, Balcon N, Mekki J, Marin E, Ouerdane Y, et al. Photobleaching Effect on the Sensitivity Calibration at 638 nm of a Phosphorus-Doped Single-Mode Optical Fiber Dosimeter. Sensors. 2024; 24(17):5547. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175547
Chicago/Turabian StyleFricano, Fiammetta, Adriana Morana, Martin Roche, Alberto Facchini, Gilles Mélin, Florence Clément, Nicolas Balcon, Julien Mekki, Emmanuel Marin, Youcef Ouerdane, and et al. 2024. "Photobleaching Effect on the Sensitivity Calibration at 638 nm of a Phosphorus-Doped Single-Mode Optical Fiber Dosimeter" Sensors 24, no. 17: 5547. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175547