Fiber remote and real time optoelectronic dosimetry based on the optically stimulated luminescence phenomenon: Development of sensors based on aluminium oxide doped with carbon for applications in personal dosimetry

An optical fiber sensor based on the use of classical technologies (optoelectronic, laser, optical fibers,...) can be connected to the Optically Stimulated Luminescence properties (or OSL) of the aluminium oxide doped with carbon in order to provide several new capabilities compared to usual dosimeters: remote dose measurements, quasi 'real time' dose measurements, applied to personal dosimetry thanks to a low fading level at room temperature. This thesis work shows the studies about: 1)the state of the art about dosimetry based on the aluminium oxide doped with carbon and its OSL properties (emission and stimulation spectra, glow curves, trap and recombination energy levels,...), 2)the state of the art about international standardization, not only, with regard to personal dosimetry (IEC 61066 Standard) but also to the description of operational quantities called personal dose equivalent Hp(10) and Hp(0,07), 3)the experimental development of a new sensor device based on aluminium oxide crystals (design, realization, tests,...), 4)the application of statistical Monte Carlo calculation methods (code MCNP4B) to the simulation of the sensor head in accordance with the IEC Standard 61066 with regard to the energy and angular response Hp(10). (author)