Optically stimulated luminescence: fundamentals and applications

The book ‘Optically Stimulated Luminescence—Fundamentals and Applications’ covers recent advances in optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). Rapid development in this field is evident from large number of publications (more than 3000 in 2010) appearing in a variety of journals. The main attraction of OSL is its all-optical technological advantage over the well-established thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD), for not requiring heating of the sample and the ease of associated equipment. In the recent years, optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry (OSLD) has emerged as a technique with a vast potential and has become favourite of researchers for studying newer parameters and exploring extended applications because of the possibility of adopting variety of stimulation sources, recording of different emission wavelengths in different modes and characterising different materials (both naturally occurring and synthesised for the purpose of dosimetry). There are many similarities between OSLD and TLD, such as physical forms of the dosemeters, basic mechanism and instrumentation....