Optical Absorption of Fused Silica and Sapphire Exposed to Neutron and Gamma Radiation with Simultaneous Thermal Annealing
The simultaneous effects of radiation and thermal annealing on optical absorption in fused silica and sapphire subjected to gamma irradiation up to doses of 10 Mrad, and mixed neutron/gamma irradiation up to total neutron fluence of 1.7 ×10 17 n ·cm -2 (211 Mrad gamma) are reported and discussed. Ther- mal annealing was performed post-irradiation […]