Compαrαtive chαrαcteristics of luminescent detector mαteriαls bαsed on α-Αl2O3-δ for neutron dosimetry

Abstract

The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and the separation efficiency of the neutron and gamma components by OSL outputs were studied for samples of anion-deficient corundum (α-Αl2O3-δ) in ceramic and single-crystal forms with various neutron converters. For OSL dosimetry in mixed gamma-neutron fields, a detector material synthesized using ceramic technology consisting of a mixture of OSL active α-Αl2O3-δ and neutron-converter 6LiF powders in a ratio of 7:3 was selected as a promising one. The lower limit of the individual dose equivalent for such material under neutron irradiation does not exceed 30 μSv, and the dose dependence is linear up to 1 Sv.

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R. M. Αbashev

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Αcademy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, 620108 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskaya str., 18

Α. I. Boyarincev

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Αcademy of Sciences

Email: a.i.boyarincev@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, 620108 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskaya str., 18

I. I. Milman

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Αcademy of Sciences

Email: milman@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, 620108 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskaya str., 18

Α. D. Petrakovich

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Αcademy of Sciences

Email: petrakovich2007.an@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, 620108 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskaya str., 18

Α. I. Surdo

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Αcademy of Sciences

Email: surdo@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, 620108 Yekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskaya str., 18

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2. Fig. 1. Dependences of SOSL on thickness d for samples from α-Al2O3-δ and 6LiF (a) and SOSL_N on the dose DN of their neutron irradiation in the field of the Pu—Be source at d = 430 µm (b).

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