Monitoring system for high energy cosmic ray observation in space environment using advanced electro-optic Pockels techniques

Author

Saito, Hiroko ; Urabe, Toshiaki ; Tanaka, Yasuhiro ; Takada, Tatsuo ; Murooka, Yoshiihiro ; Tomita, Nobuyuki

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electron. Meas., Musashi Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

694

Abstract

In order to monitor high-energy cosmic rays in a space environment, we succeeded initially in measuring the 2-dimensional birefringence produced due to space charges in dielectric material using a Pockels effect. If high-energy charged particles penetrate into the Pockels crystal and accumulate in it, 2-dimensional birefringence properties are formed in the crystal. In this paper, we introduce the experimental results of measured space charge distribution in the crystal produced due to corona discharges instead of cosmic rays

Keywords

Pockels effect; aerospace testing; birefringence; corona; cosmic ray apparatus; radiation monitoring; space charge; Pockels effect; corona discharges; dielectric material; electro-optic Pockels techniques; high energy cosmic ray observation; high-energy charged particles; monitoring system; space charge distribution; space charges; space environment; two-dimensional birefringence; Birefringence; Charge measurement; Corona; Cosmic rays; Current measurement; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Monitoring; Space charge;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2000 Annual Report Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6413-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2000.884053

Filename

884053