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Title: Scintillation probe with photomultiplier tube saturation indicator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:378138

A photomultiplier tube saturation indicator is formed by supplying a supplemental light source, typically an light emitting diode (LED), adjacent to the photomultiplier tube. A switch allows the light source to be activated. The light is forwarded to the photomultiplier tube by an optical fiber. If the probe is properly light tight, then a meter attached to the indicator will register the light from the LED. If the probe is no longer light tight, and the saturation indicator is saturated, no signal will be registered when the LED is activated. 2 figs.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,561,286/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-442,449; TRN: 96:024972
OSTI ID:
378138
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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