Imaging of large-area microchannel plates using phosphor screens

X. Wang; S. U. Setru; J. Xie; A. Mane; M. Demarteau; R. Wagner

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/11/P11011

Imaging of large-area microchannel plates using phosphor screens

X. Wang, S. U. Setru, J. Xie, A. Mane, M. Demarteau, R. Wagner

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A testing system was built, using UV illumination at 254 nm and a cathodoluminescent phosphor screen, to measure the gain uniformity of large area (20 x 20 cm²) microchannel plates. The phosphor screen image is captured with a wide-angle CMOS digital camera (4032 x 3024 pixels) and analyzed. First a reference MCP is illuminated and the generated phosphor screen image is captured with a CCD camera. In a second step, another image is captured with the MCP under test inserted between the reference MCP and the phosphor screen. The ratio of the two images is analyzed and provides a quantitative measure of the relative gain uniformity of the MCP under test.

Original language	English
Article number	P11011
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	9
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/9/11/P11011
State	Published - Nov 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Photon detectors for UV
Secondary electron emitters and dynodes and their production
Timing detectors
Visible and IR photons (vacuum) (photomultipliers, HPDs, others)

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