Within the framework of the one trap-one recombination (OTOR) level model, a new software was designed to deconvolute the thermoluminescence glow-curves. The computer code was written considering deconvolution equations obtained, without any approximations, from the (OTOR) model with free parameters TM, IM, and ε. The code can also use the original equations of the OTOR model with free parameters s, ε, n o , and β. The new software was applied to deconvolute glow curves measured from irradiated in-house prepared Al 2 O 3 doped with Cr 2 O 3 dosimeters. The consequences of the deconvolution analyses of the reference glow curves agree with those reported in the literature.

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The current study characterizes and analyzes glow curves obtained from phosphate glass doped with different concentrations of lanthanum. Kinetic parameters of the glow curves obtained from beta-irradiated phosphate glass samples doped with lanthanum were determined using a newly designed deconvoluted software. The obtained results from the analyses indicated that the glow curves of the phosphate glass samples were composed of five overlapping peaks. The activation energies of the five electron traps were located between 0.622 and 1.133 eV. The obtained kinetic parameters were evaluated using the designed software and another two methods and all revealed good agreement. The first three traps displayed non-firstorder behaviour, while the two deep traps obeyed nearly first-order kinetics.

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Characterization of thermoluminescence (TL) properties of lithium borate glass samples doped with different concentrations of dysprosium (Dy) was carried out. Samples were prepared using a melting method at 1100°C and irradiated with β‐particles. The glass samples doped with 0.1% Dy displayed the best TL dosimetric properties compared with other compositions. Deconvoluted analyses of the glow curves displayed five overlapping TL glow peaks located between 392.0 and 510.3 K. A good linear TL dose–response for β‐particles was obtained in the dose range 66.6 mGy to 33.3 Gy. The minimum detectible dose was evaluated to be 205.4 μGy and samples revealed thermal fading in 312 h to 29% of their original value.