A single-photon multichannel detector: the megapixel EBCCD

Journal Article · Mon Nov 09 04:00:00 EST 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.56987· OSTI ID:21199323

Annis, P; Mommaert, C; Vilain, P; Wilquet, G ^[1]; Bay, A; Currat, C ^[2]; Bonekaemper, D; Frekers, D; Holtz, K; Rondeshagen, D; Wolff, T; Woertche, H J ^[3]; Buontempo, S; Ereditato, A; Garufi, F; Migliozzi, P ^[4]; Dantzig, R v; Konijn, J; Visschers, J L ^[5]; Ekimov, A V ^[6]

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1. IIHE (ULB-VUB), Bruxelles (Belgium)
2. Universite de Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)
3. Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster (Germany)
4. Universita 'Federico II' and INFN, Napoli (Italy)
5. NIKHEF, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
6. IHEP, Protvino (Russian Federation)

The CERN RD46 Collaboration is developing a new high resolution tracking detector based on glass capillaries filled with liquid scintillator. In this framework we have built a read-out chain based on a newly developed device: the Megapixel Electron Bombarded CCD (EBCCD). This device is a hybrid image-intensifier tube, with a 1024x1024 pixels CCD chip in place of the phosphor screen. The tube has a 40 mm diameter photocathode, is gateable and zoomable from 0.62 to 1.3. The EBCCD tube is able to detect single photoelectrons, with a signal to noise ratio better than 10. This Megapixel multichannel photon counting device is attractive for many applications in high-energy physics, astrophysics, biomedical diagnostics, and very low-light imaging.

• OSTI ID: 21199323
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 450; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CAPILLARIES
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
ELECTRON DETECTION
ELECTRONS
IMAGE INTENSIFIERS
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
LIQUID SCINTILLATORS
PHOTOCATHODES
PHOTONS
READOUT SYSTEMS
RESOLUTION
SENSORS
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO