Abstract
A ferroelectric detector system has been designed for measurement of dose rate in high energy electron beams. We find that a simple lead-zirconate titanate ceramic responds reproducibly to a chopped electron beam by ferroelectric conversion of the resulting pulsed temperature rise to a proportional output voltage. Response as a function of dose rate is linear; the rate of response being a function of incident energy. As a calorimeter dose rate meter the detector is responsive with response improving as energy is reduced, and may be used over a broad range of energies, not usually accessible with a single detector.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 26-29 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received May 17, 1989: revised July 6, 1989; accepted July I l, 1989. This work was supported by the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Grant 151560. The authors are with the Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, K4/B-100, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, W1 53792. IEEE Log Number 8931849.