The invention relates to an
ionization-
irradiation-resistant active
optical fiber for space. The
ionization-
irradiation-resistant active
optical fiber comprises an active
fiber core, an inner cladding layer, an outer cladding layer and a
coating layer; the materials of the active
fiber core comprise active reactive ions and
silicon dioxide of a co-
doping agent, wherein the active reactive ions are one or more of halides or oxides of rare-earth elements of which the
atomic number is from 57 to 71, and the co-
doping agent is one or more of
germanium compounds,
phosphorus compounds, aluminum compounds and
fluorine compounds;
cerium compounds are doped in the material of the active
fiber core and the dosage concentration of the
cerium compounds is between 2,000 and 10,000ppm; and
cerium or
fluorine can be also doped in the material of the inner cladding layer, wherein the dosage concentration of cerium ions is between 0 and 8,000ppm, and the dosage concentration of
fluorine ions is between 0 and 1,000ppm. In the invention, the
ionization-
irradiation-resistant characteristics of the active
optical fiber can be greatly improved according to test
verification because the cerium is doped in the fiber core of the ionization-irradiation-resistant active optical fiber, and the problem of application restriction of the current active optical fiber in an irradiation environment is solved.