Absolute calibration of photostimulable image plate detectors used as (0.5-20 MeV) high-energy proton detectors

A Mancić; J Fuchs; P Antici; S A Gaillard; P Audebert

doi:10.1063/1.2949388

Absolute calibration of photostimulable image plate detectors used as (0.5-20 MeV) high-energy proton detectors

Rev Sci Instrum. 2008 Jul;79(7):073301. doi: 10.1063/1.2949388.

Authors

A Mancić¹, J Fuchs, P Antici, S A Gaillard, P Audebert

Affiliation

¹ LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7605, CNRS, CEA, UPMC, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.

PMID: 18681694
DOI: 10.1063/1.2949388

Abstract

In this paper, the absolute calibration of photostimulable image plates (IPs) used as proton detectors is presented. The calibration is performed in a wide range of proton energies (0.5-20 MeV) by exposing simultaneously the IP and calibrated detectors (radiochromic films and solid state detector CR39) to a source of broadband laser-accelerated protons, which are spectrally resolved. The final result is a calibration curve that enables retrieving the proton number from the IP signal.