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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?
« Last Edit: 10/06/2010 00:01:06 by tommya300 »
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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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