Thermally and Optically Stimulated Luminescence A Simulation Approach

T he emphasis in th e present book will be on results that one can get from simulations, which can add a new dimension to results from theoretical considerations mainly based on simplifying assumptions . Chapter 1 will introduce both techniques. Thermoluminescence, methods for evaluating trapping parameters and additional phenomena of TL will be featured in Chapter s 2 to Chapter 4 . Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) will be discussed in Chapter 5 and the n the next chapters will detail analytical and approximate expressions of dose dependence of TL and OSL and simulations of TL and OSL in dating and dosimetry procedures. Chapters 8 and 9 will detail t he pre-dose (sensitization) effect and s imultaneous measurements. Chapter s 10 to 13 will focus on a pplications in medical physics , r adiophotoluminescence , q uantum-mechanical basis of TL and OSL and the exponential integral. The book will conclude with the appendix and the b ibliography.

Reuven Chen
Professor Reuven Chen is a Professor Emeritus at Tel-Aviv University. He has been working on thermoluminescence, optically stimulated luminescence and other related topics in the last 48 years. Professor Chen has published ~170 scientific papers and two books. He has been a Visiting Professor at several universities in the US, Britain, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France and Hong-Kong. At present, he is an Associate Editor of Radiation Measurements and referee for several international journals.

Vasilis Pagonis
Professor Vasilis Pagonis is a Professor of Physics at McDaniel College. His research involves working on modeling properties of dosimetric materials and their applications in luminescence dating and radiation dosimetry. Professor Pagonis has published ~70 scientific papers, as well as the book Numerical and practical exercises in thermoluminescence, published by Springer in 2006. He currently holds the Kopp endowed chair in the physical sciences at McDaniel College.