Calibration and applications of modern track detectors CR-39/PM-355 in nuclear physics and high temperature plasma experiments

Solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) have been used for the registration of charged particles practi- cally since the beginning of the 1960s, when a new class of detectors, called dielectric track detectors, were discovered. The paper describes applications of the SSNTDs type PM-355 for diagnostics of fusion-reaction protons and other ions emitted from plasma focus (PF) devices, tokamaks and laser facilities. Such detectors were also used in biomedi- cal experiments for beam profile measurements. The results of our calibration studies of SSNTDs as well as charged particle- and biomedical measurements, which were carried out within different facilities, are presented.