A Focussed Mcp Image Intensifier Tube For High Speed Gating

Ben Vine; George Yates

doi:10.1117/12.942227

4 February 1988 A Focussed Mcp Image Intensifier Tube For High Speed Gating

Ben Vine, George Yates

Proceedings Volume 0832, High Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics V; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942227
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This tube is aimed at shuttering speeds faster than 200 picoseconds, with required electrical gate pulse less than 80 volts. Similar tubes were described in a 1984 paper at this meeting. One new feature is the use of a microchannel plate (MCP) to provide high and adjustable signal gain. This tube, in comparison with proximity-focussed tubes, conserves resolution by using an electrostatic focus lens. Also new is the use of transfer photocathode technique to eliminate stray emission from the gate mesh. Measured performance: Gating speed, Gain, On-Off signal ratio will be presented. Tube construction and the transfer photocathode technique will be discussed. The noise which shows up in high-gain imaging systems will be discussed.

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Ben Vine and George Yates "A Focussed Mcp Image Intensifier Tube For High Speed Gating", Proc. SPIE 0832, High Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics V, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942227

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