TY - GEN
T1 - Optical fibre radiation dosimetry for low dose applications
AU - McCarthy, D.
AU - O'Keeffe, S.
AU - Leen, G.
AU - Lewis, E.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - An investigation in to the feasibility of using an ultra violet sensitive phosphor coated PMMA optical fibres to aid development of an phosphor coated optical fibre sensor to measure low energy ionising radiation for personal dosimetry applications is presented. The paper provides an overview of the development of a phosphor coated sensor technique and how it can be used to determine variances in light from an Ultra Violet light source. This method can then be used to develop sensors for ionising radiation monitoring. As it is not feasible to use gamma sources for demonstration, the UV detector is used as part of a sensor system prototype for emergency first responders, where ionising radiation monitoring is important in the event of an incident involving radioactive sources.
AB - An investigation in to the feasibility of using an ultra violet sensitive phosphor coated PMMA optical fibres to aid development of an phosphor coated optical fibre sensor to measure low energy ionising radiation for personal dosimetry applications is presented. The paper provides an overview of the development of a phosphor coated sensor technique and how it can be used to determine variances in light from an Ultra Violet light source. This method can then be used to develop sensors for ionising radiation monitoring. As it is not feasible to use gamma sources for demonstration, the UV detector is used as part of a sensor system prototype for emergency first responders, where ionising radiation monitoring is important in the event of an incident involving radioactive sources.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951913323&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5689945
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5689945
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79951913323
SN - 9781424481682
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 1663
EP - 1666
BT - IEEE Sensors 2010 Conference, SENSORS 2010
T2 - 9th IEEE Sensors Conference 2010, SENSORS 2010
Y2 - 1 November 2010 through 4 November 2010
ER -