LIMITATIONS OF THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS IN SOFT X-RAY DIAGNOSTICS OF PULSED PLASMA

Josef Krasa, Monika Farnikova, Libor Juha, Andrea Cejnarova

Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2 Na Slovance Str., 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic


Responses of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) of CaF2:Dy, CaF2:Mn, and LiF:Mg,Cu,P to the deposited energy of monochromatic 1.75-3.5 keV radiation were measured with respect to an increase in the local dose due to the attenuation length that was much shorter than the TLD thickness. The responses of TLDs to X-ray emission from the laser-produced aluminium plasma were found to be independent of the dose rate within a wide range.