TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical fibre sensor for the online monitoring of gamma radiation doses
AU - O'Keeffe, S.
AU - Fitzpatrick, Colin
AU - Fernandez, A. Fernandez
AU - Lewis, Elfed
AU - Al-Shamma'A, A. I.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - The radiation-induced attenuation in poly-methylmethacrylate (PMMA) based plastic optical fibres is monitored online during exposure to gamma radiation, in an investigation in to their use as an intrinsic real-time gamma radiation dosimeter. The PMMA fibre exhibited a linear radiation-induced attenuation response at various wavelengths for a dose range of 50Gy to 50kGy. The sensitivity, ranging from 0.4 dBm-1/kGy to 0.03 dBm-1/kGy, is wavelength dependant, with higher sensitivity at the lower wavelengths.
AB - The radiation-induced attenuation in poly-methylmethacrylate (PMMA) based plastic optical fibres is monitored online during exposure to gamma radiation, in an investigation in to their use as an intrinsic real-time gamma radiation dosimeter. The PMMA fibre exhibited a linear radiation-induced attenuation response at various wavelengths for a dose range of 50Gy to 50kGy. The sensitivity, ranging from 0.4 dBm-1/kGy to 0.03 dBm-1/kGy, is wavelength dependant, with higher sensitivity at the lower wavelengths.
KW - radiation-Induced Attenuation (RIA)
KW - Poly-methylmethacrylate (PMMA)
KW - Plastic optical fibre
KW - Gamma radiation
KW - Gamma radiation dosimetry
KW - GEUSE II
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547699414&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/76/1/012015
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/76/1/012015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547699414
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 76
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012015
ER -