The thermoluminescence response of doped SiO2 optical fibres subjected to photon and electron irradiations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-427

  Hashim, S ^a   Al Ahbabi, S ^b   Bradley, D A ^b   Webb, M ^b   Jeynes, C ^b   Ramli, A T ^a   Wagiran, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopants; PIXE and RBS analysis; SiO2 optical fibres; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DISSOCIATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DEPTH RESOLUTION; DETECTION LIMIT (DL); DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPANTS; DOSE RATES; ELECTRON BEAM CURRENTS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; HIGH PRECISION; IRRADIATION MEASUREMENTS; PATIENT DOSES; PHOTON BEAMS; PIXE AND RBS ANALYSIS; SIO2 OPTICAL FIBRES; SOLID WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); TLD-100; TREATMENT TIMES; X-RAY EMISSIONS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

GLASS FIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TELETHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY;

ELECTRONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 58749112012     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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