− This article deals with the technical properties of fiber Bragg gratings with regard to their use as the strain-sensitive element in force transducers. Electrical strain gages are widely used in modern, precise force transducers. The electrical strain gage provides both outstanding technical properties and cost-effectiveness. Besides the electrical strain gage, the measurement principle of fi...

We experimentally evaluated the proton beam dose reproducibility, sensitivity, angular dependence and depth-dose relationships for a new Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) detector. The detector was fabricated with a thinner oxide layer and was operated at high-bias voltages. In order to accurately measure dose distributions, we developed a practical method for correctin...

BACKGROUND In proton radiation therapy a constant relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 is usually assumed. However, biological experiments have evidenced RBE dependencies on dose level, proton linear energy transfer (LET) and tissue type. This work compares the predictions of three of the main radio-biological models proposed in the literature by Carabe-Fernandez, Wedenberg, Scholz an...

Wavelength-division multiplexed fiber-optic links could find applications in various radiation environments. Space industry, for example, could benefit from radiation-tolerant high-speed optical links for the next generation of observation satellites. For application in the nuclear energy industry, the use of passive optical devices also needs to be evaluated at high dose rates and total doses....

Since 1997 cancer patients with localized tumours in the head, neck, and pelvis region were treated at the therapy unit at GSI by applying the rasterscan technique with scanned carbon ion beams [1]. In order to treat moving tumours feasibility studies have been performed, and basic functionality has been proven for lateral and longitudinal compensation separately [2,3,4]. The prototype 3DOMC sy...