Radiation Damage of Quartz Fibers
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Quartz fibers are used in high energy physics experiments as the active medium in high radiation area calorimetry. Quartz fibers are also used in the transmission of optical signals. Even though quartz does not damage by moderate amounts of irradiation, the clad of the fibers and the protective coating (buffer) do damage reducing light transmission. Various types of quartz fibers have been irradiated and measured for light transmission. The most radiation hard quartz fibers are those with quartz clad and aluminum buffer. Presented at 6 International Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, Como, Italy, 5-9 October 1998 To be published in Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) RADIATION DAMAGE OF QUARTZ FIBERS
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