read_HeliosOSL2R: Import Luminescence Data from Helios Luminescence Reader

In Luminescence: Comprehensive Luminescence Dating Data Analysis

Import Luminescence Data from Helios Luminescence Reader

Description

Import of files with .osl extension produced by the zero rad Helios luminescence reader and conversion to RLum.Analysis objects.

Usage

read_HeliosOSL2R(file, verbose = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

file	character, list (required): name of one or multiple .osl files (URLs are supported); it can be the path to a directory, in which case the function tries to detect and import all .osl files found in the directory.
verbose	logical (with default): enable/disable output to the terminal.
...	not in use, for compatibility reasons only

Value

A RLum.Analysis object. Results are returned as a list when multiple files are processed or file is a list.

Function version

0.1.1

How to cite

Kreutzer, S., 2026. read_HeliosOSL2R(): Import Luminescence Data from Helios Luminescence Reader. Function version 0.1.1. In: Kreutzer, S., Burow, C., Dietze, M., Fuchs, M.C., Schmidt, C., Fischer, M., Friedrich, J., Mercier, N., Philippe, A., Riedesel, S., Autzen, M., Mittelstrass, D., Gray, H.J., Galharret, J., Colombo, M., Steinbuch, L., de Boer, A., Bluszcz, A., 2026. Luminescence: Comprehensive Luminescence Dating Data Analysis. R package version 1.3.1. https://r-lum.github.io/Luminescence/

Note

Thanks to Krzysztof Maternicki for providing example data.

Author(s)

Sebastian Kreutzer, F2.1 Geophysical Parametrisation/Regionalisation, LIAG - Institute for Applied Geophysics (Germany) , RLum Developer Team

See Also

RLum.Data.Curve, RLum.Analysis

Examples

file <- system.file("extdata/HeliosOSL_Example.osl", package = "Luminescence")
read_HeliosOSL2R(file)

Luminescence documentation built on Sept. 18, 2026, 9:07 a.m.