US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on March 17 for "Radiation-resistant silica-based optical fibre" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,524, issued on March 17, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Radiation-resistant silica-based optical fibre" was invented by Guy Cheymol (Bures sur Yvette, France) and Ayoub Ladaci (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silica optical fiber resistant to radiations includes a core; a sheath surrounding the core; a polymer coating encasing the sheath, the coating being able to form hydrogen by radiolysis under the effect of the radiations so as to diffuse it into the optical fiber. An optical fiber device comprising at least one such radiation-resistant silica optical fiber."

The ...