• DocumentCode
    826248
  • Title

    Development Status of Microchannel Plate Photomultipliers

  • Author

    Dhawan, S. ; Majka, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    270
  • Lastpage
    275
  • Abstract
    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 103 - 107 can be obtained with timing and spatial resolutions of 100 psec and 25 ¿m respectively. Two dimentional readouts are possible. A review of the applications and development status of this device is presented.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Anodes; Cathodes; DH-HEMTs; Electron multipliers; Etching; Fabrication; Glass manufacturing; Microchannel; Photomultipliers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1977.4328688
  • Filename
    4328688