RLum.OSL_global_fitting: Identify CW-OSL signal components in RLum.Analysis data sets

In OSLdecomposition: Signal Component Analysis for Optically Stimulated Luminescence

Identify CW-OSL signal components in RLum.Analysis data sets

Description

First, all CW-OSL records are combined to one global average CW-OSL curve, then the multi-exponential fitting approach of Bluszcz and Adamiec (2006) is applied. This function processes Luminescence::RLum.Analysis data sets created within the Luminescence::Luminescence-package (Kreutzer et al. 2012).

The workflow of this function is as follows:

1. sum_OSLcurves: Combine all measurements of type record_type to one global average curve.

2. fit_OSLcurve: Identify OSL components by a multi-exponential fitting.

3. Create a html report to summarize the results (optional).

Data sets must be formatted as Luminescence::RLum.Analysis objects and should have been processed with RLum.OSL_correction beforehand. Output objects are also Luminescence::RLum.Analysis objects and are meant for further analysis with RLum.OSL_decomposition.

If report = TRUE, a html report of the results is rendered by the rmarkdown::rmarkdown-package and saved in the working directory, which is usually the directory of the data file. This report can be displayed, shared and published online without any requirements to the operation system or installed software. However, an internet connection is needed to display the MathJax encoded equations and special characters. The Rmarkdown source code of the report can be found with the following command:

system.file("rmd", "report_Step1.Rmd", package = "OSLdecomposition")

Usage

RLum.OSL_global_fitting(
  object,
  record_type = "OSL",
  K_maximum = 5,
  F_threshold = 150,
  stimulation_intensity = 35,
  stimulation_wavelength = 470,
  report = FALSE,
  report_dir = NULL,
  image_format = "pdf",
  open_report = TRUE,
  rmd_path = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

object	Luminescence::RLum.Analysis or list of Luminescence::RLum.Analysis (required): Data set of one or multiple CW-OSL measured aliquots.
record_type	character (with default): Type of records, selected by the Luminescence::RLum.Analysis attribute ⁠@recordType⁠. Common are: "OSL","SGOSL" or "IRSL".
K_maximum	numeric (with default): Maximum number of components K, see fit_OSLcurve.
F_threshold	numeric (with default): Fitting stop criterion, see fit_OSLcurve.
stimulation_intensity	numeric (with default): Intensity of optical stimulation in mW / cm². Used to calculate photo-ionisation cross-sections, see fit_OSLcurve.
stimulation_wavelength	numeric (with default): Wavelength of optical stimulation in nm. Used to calculate photo-ionisation cross-sections, see fit_OSLcurve.
report	logical (with default): Creates a html report, saves it in the report_dir directory. The report contains the results and detailed information on the data processing.
report_dir	character (optional): Path of output directory if report = TRUE. If report_dir = NULL (default), a temporary folder is used which is deleted when the R session is closed. File paths are also allowed as parameter, then a new directory named after the OSL data file will be created.
image_format	character (with default): Image format of the automatically saved graphs if report = TRUE and report_dir is set. Allowed are .pdf, .eps, .svg (vector graphics), .jpg, .png, .bmp (pixel graphics) and more, see ggplot2::ggsave. The images are saved in the report_dir subfolder ⁠/report_figures⁠. Set image_format = NULL if no images shall be saved.
open_report	logical (with default): If set to TRUE a browser window displaying the report will be opened automatically.
rmd_path	character (with default): For advanced users: File path to the rmarkdown::rmarkdown-package source code file of the report. This allows to execute manipulated versions of the report.
verbose	logical (with default): Enables console text output.

Value

The input object, a list of Luminescence::RLum.Analysis objects is returned but with a new list element object[["OSL_COMPONENTS"]], containing:

• ⁠$decay.rates⁠ numeric vector: Decay rates of F-test recommendation or last successful fitting.

• ⁠$K.selected⁠ numeric: Number of components of F-test recommendation or last successful fitting.

• ⁠$F.test⁠ data.frame: F-test table.

• ⁠$F.test.print⁠ data.frame: F-test table but formatted for console output and display with knitr::kable.

• ⁠$info.text⁠ list: Short process log.

• ⁠$component.tables⁠ list of data.frames: Signal component tables for all curve models.

• ⁠$curve⁠ list: Global average curve created from all record_type curves in the data set.

• ⁠$components⁠ data.frame: Signal component table of F-test recommendation or last successful fitting.

• ⁠$fit.results⁠ list: Returned fitting objects of DEoptim::DEoptim and minpack.lm::nlsLM for all curve models.

• ⁠$plot.data⁠ data.frame: Model overview table for photo-ionisation cross-section plotting with plot_PhotoCrosssections.

• ⁠$parameters⁠ list: Input and algorithm parameters.

Last updates

2023-09-01, DM: Improved input checks to return more helpful messages

Author(s)

Dirk Mittelstrass, [e-mail]

Please cite the package the following way:

Mittelstraß, D., Schmidt, C., Beyer, J., Heitmann, J. and Straessner, A.: R package OSLdecomposition: Automated identification and separation of quartz CW-OSL signal components, in preparation.

References

Bluszcz, A., Adamiec, G., 2006. Application of differential evolution to fitting OSL decay curves. Radiation Measurements 41, 886–891.

Kreutzer, S., Schmidt, C., Fuchs, M.C., Dietze, M., Fischer, M., Fuchs, M., 2012. Introducing an R package for luminescence dating analysis. Ancient TL, 30 (1), 1-8.

See Also

RLum.OSL_correction, RLum.OSL_decomposition, sum_OSLcurves, fit_OSLcurve

Examples

# 'FB_10Gy' is a dose recovery test with the Fontainebleau quartz
# measured in a lexsyg research with green LED stimulation
data_path <- system.file("examples", "FB_10Gy_SAR.bin", package = "OSLdecomposition")
data_set <- Luminescence::read_BIN2R(data_path, fastForward = TRUE)

# Check data set and perform background correction
data_set_corrected <- RLum.OSL_correction(data_set,
 background = 11,
 remove_light_off = FALSE)

# Identify components
data_set_fitted <- RLum.OSL_global_fitting(
 data_set_corrected,
 K_maximum = 2,
 stimulation_intensity = 50,
 stimulation_wavelength = 530)

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