中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (9): 90701-090701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/9/090701

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices • 上一篇    下一篇

Damage and recovery of fiber Bragg grating under radiation environment

Shi-Zhe Wen(温世喆), Wei-Chen Xiong(熊伟晨), Li-Ping Huang(黄力平), Zhen-Rui Wang(王镇锐), Xing-Bin Zhang(张兴斌), Zhen-Hui He(何振辉)   

  1. 1 School of Material Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
    2 State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    3 School of Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
    4 School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    5 School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China;
    6 Center for Space Technology, Sun-Yat Sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-03-05 修回日期:2018-04-23 出版日期:2018-09-05 发布日期:2018-09-05
  • 通讯作者: Zhen-Hui He E-mail:stshzh@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the Project for the State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies of China (Grant No. 09010-32031708) and the Project for Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Center for Space Technology of China (Grant No. 71000-42080001).

Damage and recovery of fiber Bragg grating under radiation environment

Shi-Zhe Wen(温世喆)1,6, Wei-Chen Xiong(熊伟晨)3,6, Li-Ping Huang(黄力平)4,6, Zhen-Rui Wang(王镇锐)4,6, Xing-Bin Zhang(张兴斌)5,6, Zhen-Hui He(何振辉)2,5,6   

  1. 1 School of Material Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
    2 State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    3 School of Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
    4 School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    5 School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China;
    6 Center for Space Technology, Sun-Yat Sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
  • Received:2018-03-05 Revised:2018-04-23 Online:2018-09-05 Published:2018-09-05
  • Contact: Zhen-Hui He E-mail:stshzh@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the Project for the State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies of China (Grant No. 09010-32031708) and the Project for Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Center for Space Technology of China (Grant No. 71000-42080001).

摘要:

To develop the application of fiber Bragg gratings as temperature and strain sensors in space environments, it is necessary to understand the effect of high-energy radiation on the performance of the fiber Bragg grating. We performed an experiment involving Co60-γ ionizing irradiation with a total dose of 1.01×106 rad on two Ge-doped single-mode fiber Bragg gratings with central wavelengths of 825 and 835 nm, respectively. We found that, with the increase of radiation dose, the redshift of the peak wavelength of the reflection spectrum of the fiber Bragg gratings indicated the increase of the refractive index and the number of color centers. After irradiation, the refractive index decreased with the decreasing number of color centers. We analyzed the influence of ionizing irradiation on the transmission performance of the fiber Bragg gratings using a color-center model, which explained the experimental results. The proposed model was used to determine the creation rate and annihilation rates of the color center, which are foundational data for using the fiber Bragg gratings in space applications.

关键词: fiber Bragg grating, radiation, color center, refractive index, damage, recovery, annihilation

Abstract:

To develop the application of fiber Bragg gratings as temperature and strain sensors in space environments, it is necessary to understand the effect of high-energy radiation on the performance of the fiber Bragg grating. We performed an experiment involving Co60-γ ionizing irradiation with a total dose of 1.01×106 rad on two Ge-doped single-mode fiber Bragg gratings with central wavelengths of 825 and 835 nm, respectively. We found that, with the increase of radiation dose, the redshift of the peak wavelength of the reflection spectrum of the fiber Bragg gratings indicated the increase of the refractive index and the number of color centers. After irradiation, the refractive index decreased with the decreasing number of color centers. We analyzed the influence of ionizing irradiation on the transmission performance of the fiber Bragg gratings using a color-center model, which explained the experimental results. The proposed model was used to determine the creation rate and annihilation rates of the color center, which are foundational data for using the fiber Bragg gratings in space applications.

Key words: fiber Bragg grating, radiation, color center, refractive index, damage, recovery, annihilation

中图分类号:  (Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing)

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07.60.Vg (Fiber-optic instruments) 42.81.Cn (Fiber testing and measurement of fiber parameters)