An overview of current developments in position-sensitive hybrid photon detectors and photo-multiplier tubes

Author

Gys, T.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

39

Abstract

Current developments in position-sensitive hybrid photon detectors and photo-multiplier tubes have stimulated increased interest from a variety of fields such as astronomy, biomedical imaging and high-energy physics. These devices are sensitive to single photons over a photon energy spectrum defined by the transmission of the optical entrance window and the photo-cathode type. Their spatial resolution ranges from a few millimeters for pad hybrid photon detectors and multi-anode photo-multiplier tubes down to a few tens of microns for pixel hybrid photon detectors and electron-bombarded charge-coupled devices. Basic technological and design aspects are assessed in this paper

Keywords

CCD image sensors; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; CCD image sensors; electron-bombarded charge-coupled devices; multianode tubes; optical entrance window; pad hybrid photon detectors; photomultiplier tubes; position-sensitive hybrid photon detectors; Astronomy; Biomedical optical imaging; Electron tubes; Millimeter wave devices; Optical devices; Optical sensors; Physics; Position sensitive particle detectors; Spatial resolution; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1999. Conference Record. 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5696-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1999.842446

Filename

842446