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Curved-channel microchannel array platesThe microchannel array plate (MCP) is a photoelectric detector with an imaging capability comparable to that of a photographic plate. Recently MCPs in which the channels are curved to inhibit ion feedback have become available. These devices represent a major advance in MCP technology, since a single curved-channel MCP can be operated stably at high gain in the pulse-counting mode without any of the problems of stability of response or short lifetime reported for 'chevron' MCP detectors. Attention is given to the mode of operation of channel electron multipliers (CEM) and MCP, curved-channel MCP, test procedures, and performance characteristics. The accumulated test data show that the fundamental operating characteristics of the curved-channel MCP are directly related to those for the CEM.
Document ID
19810060767
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Timothy, J. G.
(Colorado, University Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume: 52
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
81A45171
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7459
Distribution Limits
Public
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