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Can Xray radiation damage and degrade the function of glass fiber optics?

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Can Xray radiation damage and degrade the function of glass fiber optics?

« on: 09/06/2010 21:39:19 »

Can Xray Radiation damage and degrade the function of glass fiber optics?
If an opera singer can shatter glass...
Is fiber optics sensitive at ultra high frequencies?

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Can Xray radiation damage and degrade the function of glass fiber optics?

« Reply #1 on: 10/06/2010 06:55:10 »

Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarization
But it's not much like the opera singer breaking glass.

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