A broad-application microchannel-plate detector system for advanced particle or photon detection tasks: large area imaging, precise multi-hit timing information and high detection rate
Citation
Jagutzki, O., Mergel, V., Ullmann-Pfleger, K., Spielberger, L., Spillmann, U., Dörner, R., . . . Schmidt-Böcking, H. (2002). A broad-application microchannel-plate detector system for advanced particle or photon detection tasks: Large area imaging, precise multi-hit timing information and high detection rate. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 477(2-3), 244–249.
- Microchannel plate
- Delay-line
- Particle detection
- Opto-electronic
- Multi-hit
Brief
A new imaging system using microchannel-plate (MCP) position readout with helical wire delay-lines is able to detect and analyze position and timing information at single particle rates beyond 1 MHz or collect and analyze multi-hit events at about 20 kHz.
Summary
This article describes a new imaging system for particle or photon detection that utilizes a microchannel-plate (MCP) with helical wire delay-lines and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) readout. The authors argue that this system offers a number of advantages over other commercially available systems (such as CCDs or other MCPs), including:
- Simultaneous position and timing detection
- Large area imaging
- High detection rate: Can detect and analyze:
- single particles at rates greater than 1 MHz
- multi-hit events at rates of about 20 kHz
- Flexibility: Can be applied in a wide range of fields
- Cost-efficient
The article goes on to describe the system in greater detail, focusing on the MCP detector with delay-line readout and the system's ability to perform multi-hit detection. The authors conclude by suggesting that this system will be a valuable tool for research in a variety of fields.
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