AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL) EXPERIMENT

An alternative technique is developed for observation of OSL by linear ly increasing the intensity of the excitation source during readout. T he technique allows the observation of OSL signals in the form of peak s unlike the decaying curves. The parameters of the new OSL peak can b e used to obtain the intensity and the lifetime of the decay. With the technique it is also possible to discriminate overlapping OSL signals by using the peak positions. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd