Efficient reading of thermoluminescent dosimeter signals using semiconductor detectors

• Autorzy: Sobotka Piotr , Kliś Bartłomiej , Baranowska Zuzanna , Wołoszczuk Katarzyna , Rutkowska Katarzyna , Woliński Tomasz

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DOI

10.2478/nuka-2020-0034

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The aim of this experimental work was to examine whether semiconductor photodetectors may be applied for the efficient reading of thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) signals. For this purpose, a series of experiments have been performed at the Department of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, in cooperation with the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection (CLOR). Specifically, the measurement system proposed here has been designed to detect a signal from TLDs that use a semiconductor detector operating in conditions analogous to those met when using commercial devices equipped with a classic photomultiplier. For the experimental tests, the TLDs were irradiated with a beam of 137Cs radiation in the accredited Laboratory for Calibration of Dosimetric and Radon Instruments. Eventually, a comparison of the results obtained with a semiconductor detector (ID120) and a commercial TLD reader with a photomultiplier tube (RADOS) were made.

Słowa kluczowe

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TLD; TLD reader; semiconductor detector

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 65, No. 4
• Strony: 223--227
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 10 poz., rys.

Twórcy

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Sobotka Piotr

• Faculty of Physics Warsaw University of Technology Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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Kliś Bartłomiej

• Faculty of Physics Warsaw University of Technology Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland and Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection Konwaliowa 7, 03-184 Warsaw, Poland

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Baranowska Zuzanna

• Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection Konwaliowa 7, 03-194 Warsaw, Poland

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Wołoszczuk Katarzyna

• Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection Konwaliowa 7, 03-194 Warsaw, Poland

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Rutkowska Katarzyna

• Faculty of Physics Warsaw University of Technology Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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Woliński Tomasz

• Faculty of Physics Warsaw University of Technology Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).