Development of a compact microchannel plate detector for beam imaging
A beam imaging detector was developed by coupling a multi-strip anode with delay line readout to an E×B microchannel plate (MCP) detector. This detector is capable of measuring the incident position of the beam particles in one-dimension. To assess the spatial resolution, the detector was illuminated by an α-source with an intervening mask that consists of a series of precisely-machined slits. The measured spatial resolution was 520 um source FWHM, which was improved to 413 um FWHM by performing an FFT of the signals, rejecting spurious signals on the delay line, and requiring a minimum signal amplitude. This measured spatial resolution of 413 um FWHM corresponds to an intrinsic resolution of 334 um FWHM when the effect of the finite slit width is de-convoluted. To understand the measured resolution, the performance of the detector is simulated with the ion-trajectory code SIMION.
- Publication Date:
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002012
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 866; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Research Org:
- Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Microchannel plate detector; Beam imaging; Tracking detector; Position-sensitive microchannel plate detector
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1366977
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Accepted Manuscript (DOE)
- Publisher's Version of Record
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.006