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Title: Use of flat panel microchannel photomultipliers in sampling calorimeters with timing

Abstract

Large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors with sub-nanosecond time resolution based on microchannel plates are provided. The large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors enable the economic construction of sampling calorimeters with, for example, enhanced capability to measure local energy deposition, depth-of-interaction, time-of-flight, and/or directionality of showers. In certain embodiments, sub-nanosecond timing resolution supplies correlated position and time measurements over large areas. The use of thin flat-panel viewing radiators on both sides of a radiation-creating medium allows simultaneous measurement of Cherenkov and scintillation radiation in each layer of the calorimeter. The detectors may be used in a variety of applications including, for example, medical imaging, security, and particle and nuclear physics.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1531983
Patent Number(s):
9625588
Application Number:
14/982,387
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL); Minotech Engineering, Inc. (Andover, MA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
NSF-PHY-0757-196; SC0002015
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015-12-29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Frisch, Henry, Tang, Fukun, Grabas, Herve, Oberla, Eric J., and Minot, Michael. Use of flat panel microchannel photomultipliers in sampling calorimeters with timing. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Frisch, Henry, Tang, Fukun, Grabas, Herve, Oberla, Eric J., & Minot, Michael. Use of flat panel microchannel photomultipliers in sampling calorimeters with timing. United States.
Frisch, Henry, Tang, Fukun, Grabas, Herve, Oberla, Eric J., and Minot, Michael. Tue . "Use of flat panel microchannel photomultipliers in sampling calorimeters with timing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531983.
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Works referenced in this record:

Use of flat panel microchannel photomultipliers in sampling calorimeters with timing
patent, January 2016


    Works referencing / citing this record:

    Batch production of microchannel plate photo-multipliers
    patent, March 2018