Response of piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate to high-energy xenon ion beam pulse

To develop a new radiation detector, the characteristics of piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) are currently being studied using a 400 MeV/n xenon (Xe) beam. In this study, the response of the PZT element to the pulsed beam was investigated by changing the beam intensity. It was found that the time distribution of the Xe ions in the pulse duration must be taken into account to understand the formation of the output signal that appeared on the PZT element. (C) 2014 The Japan Society of Applied Physics