Advances In Physics And Applications Of Optically And Thermally Stimulated Luminescence

by Reuven Chen, Vasilis Pagonis

Overview

In this volume, international leading experts in the study of thermally and optically stimulated luminescence give an up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the theoretical and experimental aspects of these subjects, as well as their applications.The theory of thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) are discussed in detail including mainly solid state models of localized and delocalized transitions. These models cover the effects occurring during the excitation by irradiation and the read-out by heating or by exposure to light. The methods described consist of analytical mathematical considerations as well as numerical simulations.The main application of these effects, namely radiation dosimetry, includes personal and environmental dosimetry, as well as retrospective dosimetry and the dosimetry of cosmic radiation and space missions. Also discussed in detail are archaeological and geological dating, the use of luminescence dosimetry in medical physics as well as general applications in geosciences, other model subjects such as time-resolved luminescence and thermally assisted OSL, and the sister-subject of thermoluminescence in photosynthetic materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786345783
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.13(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Chapter 1 Recent Advances in the Theory of Thermoluminescence and Optically Stimulated Luminescence; Delocalized Transitions Reuven Chen 1

Chapter 2 Recent Advances in the Theory of Quantum Tunneling for Luminescence Phenomena Vasilis Pagonis 37

Chapter 3 Modeling the Effects of Ionization Density in Thermoluminescence Mechanisms and Dosimetry Yigal S. Horowitz Leonid Oster Ilan Eliyahu 83

Chapter 4 Thermally Assisted Optically Stimulated Luminescence (TA - OSL) George S. Polymeris George Kitis 131

Chapter 5 Luminescence and Defects in Quartz Marco Martini Mauro Fasoli 173

Chapter 6 Recent Experiments and Theory of OSL Alicja Chruscinska 205

Chapter 7 Time-resolved Luminescence: Progress in Development of Theory and Analytical Methods Makaiko L. Chithambo 243

Chapter 8 Thermoluminescent Dosimetry of Cosmic Radiation in Space Pawel Bilski 285

Chapter 9 Luminescence Measurements for Retrospective Dosimetry Stephen W.S. McKeever Sergey Shalom 319

Chapter 10 TL/OSL Dating Sheng-Hua Li Bo Li 363

Chapter 11 Fundamentals of Luminescence Photo- and Thermochronometry Benny Guralnik Reza Sohbati 399

Chapter 12 Medical Applications of Luminescent Materials Larry A. DeWerd Cliff Hammer Stephen Kry 439

Author Index 481

Subject Index 497