Stephen W.S. McKeever

TL;DR: In this article, a method for the determination of absorbed radiation dose based on pulsed optically stimulated luminescence (POSL) is described, which relies upon the stimulation of an irradiated sample with a train of light pulses from a suitable light source (e.g. a laser using a wavelength which is within the range of wavelengths corresponding to the radiation-induced optical absorption in the irradiated samples).

TL;DR: Models and the conceptual framework necessary for an understanding of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) are described and examples of the use of OSL in radiation dosimetry are described.

TL;DR: The use of thermoluminescence as a method for the dosimetry of ionising radiation has been established for many decades and has been unquestionably successful, it is difficult to imagine how any new technique could easily supplant it.

TL;DR: The optically stimulated luminescence technique has already became a successful tool in personal radiation dosimetry, geological and archeological dating, and in radiation diagnostic imaging, and new and promising developments regarding OSL applications in the medical field are described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss several materials aspects which are important in the development and optimisation of Al 2 O 3 :C for both thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminecence (OSL) applications, including aspects of crystal growth, luminescence spectra, trap energy distributions and general dosimetric properties.