Response of Lead Zirconate Titanate without Poling to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Beam

A radiation detector based on the piezoelectric effect, which is fabricated using lead zirconate titanate (PZT), has been investigated by irradiating it with a 400 MeV/n xenon (Xe) beam. To estimate quantitatively the electric charge appearing on the PZT detector, the detector made of PZT without po...

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Published in:	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 068002 - 068002-2
Main Authors:	Takechi, Seiji, Morinaga, Shin-ya, Kurozumi, Atsuma, Uno, Takefumi, Miyachi, Takashi, Okudaira, Osamu, Fujii, Masayuki, Hasebe, Nobuyuki, Shibata, Hiromi, Murakami, Takeshi, Uchihori, Yukio, Okada, Nagaya
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Japan Society of Applied Physics 01-06-2010
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Summary:	A radiation detector based on the piezoelectric effect, which is fabricated using lead zirconate titanate (PZT), has been investigated by irradiating it with a 400 MeV/n xenon (Xe) beam. To estimate quantitatively the electric charge appearing on the PZT detector, the detector made of PZT without poling was used in this study. It was found that the sensitivity of the detector without poling was reduced by ${\sim}1/20$ compared with that of the detector with poling within the limits of the experimental conditions.
Bibliography:	(a) Shape and dimension of PZT detector. (b) Schematic diagram of equivalent circuit, which represents connection between PZT detector and charge-sensitive amplifier. (a) Typical output signal appeared on the PZT detector without poling, which is reconstructed by inverse Fourier transformation using frequency components below 60 kHz. (b) Dependence of $Q$ on rotation speed of chopper.
ISSN:	0021-4922 1347-4065
DOI:	10.1143/JJAP.49.068002