A new Optically Stimulated Luminescence Badge Reader (OSBARE-1) system has been designed and developed for application in the individual monitoring dosimetry. This badge reader system utilizes the 470-nm light of a blue LED for CW-OSL readout with the help of PMT photon counting module. The developed reader system can process four element 24 OSLD cards within 25 min. These four-element OSLD card consists of the Teflon embedded indigenously developed dosimetric grade α-Al2O3:C phosphor. The minimum measurable dose (MMD) was found to be ~26 μGy for these OSLD cards with reproducibility of ~1.12%. The various operational parameters such as variation in the dark counts, OSL scattering background counts and reproducibility have been studied in detailed for this reader system. The dosimetric studies performed on this developed reader system found to have a great potential for the OSLD-based large-scale personnel monitoring program for the radiation workers.
A new wavelength-resolved thermo luminescence (TL) cum optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) reader system has been designed and developed. This reader system uses the compact Seya-Namioka optical layout based monochromator, PMT, and resistive heating method to acquire TL glow curve emissions spectrum. The phosphor samples heated from room temperature to 400 °C, either linearly with a programmable heating rate of 0.01 to 30 K s −1 or alternative constant step temperature profiles. The TL glow curve emission spectrum has been resolved by rotating the grating attached to a monochromator covering the wavelength from 200 to 900 nm. The wavelength scanning is linear with respect to time and the scan rate can be selected from 0.1 to 8 n m s −1 . A broad spectral response of the PMT detection module has been used to record the emitted TL spectrum. The blue (465 nm) reference LED light source is provided for a spectrum calibration of the monochromator. The isometric 3D TL emission spectra of LiCaAlF 6 :Eu,Y, α-Al 2 O 3 :C, and CaSO 4 :Dy have been successfully recorded using this reader system. In order to record the OSL emission spectrum, 470 nm blue LEDs have been provided as a separate stimulation module.
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