The effect of laser radiation on particle tracks in solid dielectrics
Abstract
CO2 laser radiation pulses were directed at solid dielectric detectors made of various polymerized materials in order to observe the effects of short pulses on the tracks of alpha particles. It is found that the pulses can alter the tracks of the particles or destroy the tracks completely. Measurements of the laser radiation energy required to produce the phenomenon are made and recorded on a dielectric photograph. The effect makes it possible to determine the moment at which the particle enters the detector with an accuracy corresponding to the duration of the laser pulse.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Eksperimentalnoi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ZhETF..86.1357K
- Keywords:
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- Charged Particles;
- Dielectrics;
- Particle Tracks;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Alpha Particles;
- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics