Sensors (Dec 2021)

Application and Development of Noncontact Detection Method of α-Particles Based on Radioluminescence

  • Zeqian Wu,
  • Jinxing Cheng,
  • Mei Xu,
  • Qingbo Wang,
  • Ai Yu,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Weiwei Wen,
  • Youpeng Wu,
  • Zhongfeng Tang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010202
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
p. 202

Abstract

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The detection of α particles is of great significance in military and civil nuclear facility management. At present, the contact method is mainly used to detect α particles, but its shortcomings limit the broad application of this method. In recent years, preliminary research on noncontact α-particle detection methods has been carried out. In this paper, the theory of noncontact α-particles detection methods is introduced and studied. We also review the direct detection and imaging methods of α particles based on the different wavelengths of fluorescence photons, and analyze the application and development of this method, providing an important reference for researchers to carry out related work.

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