Note: Complementary approach for radiation dosimetry with Ag+-activated phosphate glass

Silver ion-activated phosphate glass (Ag+-glass) has a good potential for application to radiation dosimetry in various radiation fields due to its multifunctional properties as a detector. The Ag+-glass provides three independent signals of radiophotoluminescence, optical absorption, and nuclear track. The combination of these signals allows the dynamic range of the measured dose (10 μGy–10 kGy) and linear energy transfer ( 1 MeV/μm) to be widened.