title: Photon irradiation response of photonic crystal fibres and flat fibres at radiation therapy doses.
abstract: Radiation effects of photon irradiation in pure Photonic Crystal Fibres (PCF) and Flat fibres (FF) are still much less investigated in thermoluminescense dosimetry (TLD). We have reported the TL response of PCF and FF subjected to 6 MV photon irradiation. The proposed dosimeter shows good linearity at doses ranging from 1 to 4 Gy. The small size of these detectors points to its use as a dosimeter at megavoltage energies, where better tissue-equivalence and the Bragg-Gray cavity theory prevails.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia; Oncology Treatment Centre, Sultan Ismail Hospital, 81100 Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Electronic address: suhairul@utm.my.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Che Omar
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Y S M
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Alajerami
authors.affiliation: FRG Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Saripan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Noor
authors.affiliation: Clinical Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ung
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mahdiraji
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K; Department of Physics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, Applied Medical Sciences College, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alzimami
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008422:Materials Testing; D055100:Optical Fibers; D017785:Photons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide
keywords: Flat fibres; Photonic Crystal Fibres; Thermoluminescense dosimetry