Development status of microchannel plate photomultipliers

Conference · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1977 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7307302

Dhawan, S; Majka, R

A microchannel plate (MCP) has several hundred thousand channels, each of which functions as an electron multiplier. A photomultiplier can be constructed by using a photocathode, MCP and an anode. The overall performance is expected to be superior to the best available photomultipliers. Gains of 10/sup 3/ to 10/sup 7/ can be obtained with timing and spatial resolutions of 100 psec and 25 ..mu..m respectively. Two dimensional readouts are possible. A review of the applications and development status of this device is presented.

• Research Organization: Yale Univ., New Haven
• OSTI ID: 7307302
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-24:1; Conference: 23. nuclear science symposium, New Orleans, LA, USA, 20 Oct 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHERENKOV COUNTERS
MICROCHANNEL ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS
PERFORMANCE
USES
FABRICATION
GAIN
OPERATION
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
TIME RESOLUTION
TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETERS
ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS
ELECTRON TUBES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
SPECTROMETERS
TIMING PROPERTIES
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