Electrooptical Detection of Charged Particles
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We have made the first observation of a charged particle beam by means of its electro-optical effect on the polarization of laser light in a LiNbO3 crystal. The modulation of the laser light during the passage of a pulsed electron beam was observed using a fast photodiode and a digital oscilloscope. The fastest rise time measured, 120 ps, was obtained in the single shot mode and was limited by the bandwidth of the oscilloscope and the associated electronics. This technology holds promise for detectors of greatly improved spatial and temporal resolution for single relativistic charged particles as well as particle beams.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0012024,
title = {Electrooptical Detection of Charged Particles},
author = {Y. K. Semertzidis and V. Castillo and L. Kowalski and D. E. Kraus and R. Larsen and D. M. Lazarus and B. Magurno and D. Nikas and C. Ozben and T. Srinivasan-Rao and T. Tsang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0012024},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A452:396-400,2000