Experimental and calculational determination of the energy response power and the detection efficiency for BeO-OSL detectors

In the course of this work, the experimental detection efficiency for BeO-OSL-detectors was determined for different radiation qualities. Subsequently the results were used to generate a model of local saturation for calculating the efficiency for different irradiation conditions. With the help of the model predictions for the detection efficiency for photons and electrons in the common energy range for personal and environmental dosimetry, reaching from 10 keV up to some MeV, are possible. The efficiency for electrons decreases with falling energy continuously. Photons show a similar effect, but for energies ranging from 40-80 keV the efficiency increases with decreasing energy. This can be explained by the interaction effects of the photons with the detector material. The experimental and modelled detection efficiencies can be used to calculate the display of a BeO-OSL detector from dose values determined with radiation transport programs. Three examples, the energy dependence for beta emitters, for the iBeOx personal dosimeters and the development of an environmental OSL-dosimeter are listed.