Remote optical fiber sensors for radiation measurement are very useful in high radiation fields. In this paper, we
fabricated scintillating optical fiber by using a cerium-doped silica rod. In the drawing process, we obtained different
fiber samples by changing the drawing temperature and speed. The drawing temperature is from 1900 to 2200 °C and the
speed is from 1 to 10 m/min. The experimental results showed that the optical rod physical properties such as viscosity,
tension and scintillating efficiency can be controlled by the parameters of temperature and speed. The optical properties
and chemical composition of the scintillating optical fiber have been analyzed by Raman spectra and X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer (XRF-1800, SHIMADZU). The concentration of the doped cerium is 0.55%. Moreover, a test system is
proposed to measure the scintillating performance of the fabricated optical fibers. For the scintillating properties, the
effect of fiber length, the number of fiber bundle and the detection angle were analyzed. Experimental results showed
that the optimal length of the cerium doped fiber is ~15 cm. The scintillating light intensity increases linearly with the
number of the fiber bundle. With two low intensity 60Co (0.2784 μCi) and 137Cs (1.0865 μCi) gamma radiation sources, the scintillating light can be detected the gamma sources by using the scintillating fiber sensor which is connected a MMF.
Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks.
You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*
*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please
sign in
to access your institution's subscriptions.
To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on
SPIE.org.
INSTITUTIONAL Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.