In this paper the applicability of using a photographic system with a semic
onductor photodetect or for recording radiation from a pulsed laser is inve
stigated. The semiconductor photodetector is chromium-doped gallium arsenid
e. With an oscilloscope and a pulsed laser, the speed properties of this ki
nd of photographic system is investigated experimentally. This device is pr
omising for applications in slave made photography of rapid processes in th
e spectral region of the pulsed Al2O3:Nd3+ laser (lambda = 1.06 mu m).