Fiber-optic-coupled RbMgF3:Eu2+ for remote radiation dosimetry

A portable fiber optic dosimeter has been developed that incorporates RbMgF3:Eu2+ at the end of a multimode polymer fiber. It uses two stimulation sources and takes advantage of the range of stimulable traps in this compound. We observe radioluminescence (RL) during gamma ray irradiation and show that the low-dose RL increases linearly with increasing dose rate where the minimum detectible dose rate is ∼0.015 μSv/s. We show that pulsed infrared-stimulated (940 nm) optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) can be used for real time dose monitoring. The cumulative dose can be readout after irradiation where a linear OSL dose response was observed when stimulating at 505 nm and the minimum detectable dose is ∼50 μSv.

► RbMgF3:Eu2+ as a radioluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence fiber-optic dosimeter.
► Fiber-optic dosimeter system using visible and infrared sources.
► Radiation dose measured during and after irradiation.