Volume 39, Issue 5 e4755
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effect of IRSL-BLSL-TSL reading modes combination on thermoluminescence (TL) response of BeO dosimeter

Faycal Kharfi

Corresponding Author

Faycal Kharfi

Department of Physics, Sétif1 University-Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria

Laboratory of Dosing, Analysis, and Characterization with High Resolution, Sétif1 University-Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria

Correspondence

Faycal Kharfi, Department of Physics, Setif1 University-Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria.

Email: [email protected]

Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

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Eren Şahiner

Eren Şahiner

Earth Sciences Application and Research Centre of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Contribution: Data curation, Resources, Formal analysis, Software

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Chahra-Zed Benkhelifa

Chahra-Zed Benkhelifa

Department of Physics, Sétif1 University-Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria

Laboratory of Dosing, Analysis, and Characterization with High Resolution, Sétif1 University-Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria

Contribution: ​Investigation, Data curation

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Aymen Garoui

Aymen Garoui

Department of Physics, Sétif1 University-Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria

Contribution: ​Investigation, Data curation

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First published: 01 May 2024

Funding information: Not applicable.

Abstract

The ultimate goal of this work is the study of the effect of luminescence stimulations and signals reading modes combinations on the thermoluminescence intensity and glow curve behaviour for the same X-ray irradiation dose. Three interesting stimulating and reading modes are considered, namely, infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL), blue light-emitting diode stimulated luminescence (BLSL) and thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL). The studied stimulation and reading modes combination protocols are (Protocol 1) IRSL-TSL, (Protocol 2) IRSL-BLSL-TSL and (Protocol 3) BLSL-IRSL-TSL. Experiments are performed on beryllium oxide (BeO) dosimeter. Results demonstrate well that the combination of reading modes have direct impact on the TL signal in terms of intensity and glow curve shape. It was also found that when reading modes are correctly combined, particularly when IRSL is applied first, then BLSL and TL, it is possible to collect two or more exploitable signals of different stimulation types for the same irradiation that can be used for different purposes and final applications.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.