• Title of article

    Development status of High-QE HPDs with 18-mm GaAsP photocathode for IACTs

  • Author/Authors

    Hayashida، نويسنده , , Petar M. and Ninkovic، نويسنده , , J. and Hose، نويسنده , , J. and Hsu، نويسنده , , C.C. and Mirzoyan، نويسنده , , R. and Teshima، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    456
  • To page
    458
  • Abstract
    A new type of Hybrid PhotoDetectors (HPDs) with an 18-mm-diameter GaAsP photocathode was developed in order to lower the energy threshold of the MAGIC-II Project. The Quantum Efficiency (QE) reaches more than 50% at around 500 nm and is enhanced in the UV region by the wavelength shifting technique. The total light conversion efficiency could be practically improved by about a factor 2 compared to the conventional PhotoMultiplier Tubes (PMT). Photocathode ageing measurements indicate that GaAsP photocathode have a sufficiently long lifetime for being used in the MAGIC telescope imaging camera.
  • Keywords
    GaAsP photocathode , Hybrid photodetector , High quantum efficiency , Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2205212