• DocumentCode
    911692
  • Title

    Microchannel Plate Pore Size Limited Imaging with Ultra-Thin Wedge and Strip Anodes

  • Author

    Lapington, J.S. ; Smith, A.D. ; Walton, D.M. ; Schwarz, H.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    431
  • Lastpage
    433
  • Abstract
    We describe a detector employing a curved channel microchannel plate (MCP) in front of an optimised, thin substrate wedge and strip anode (WSA) imaging readout. We obtain a position resolution better than 20¿m FWHM allowing the images of individual MCP pores to be distinguished. The collimation provided by a single pore is used to probe the fundamental limitations in resolution of the WSA. Finally, having experimentally verified the limitations imposed by electronic and partition noise, we describe a detector which will produce 20¿m FWHM resolution over a 50mm diameter imaging area.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Clouds; Collimators; Detectors; Electrodes; Electrons; Image resolution; Microchannel; Probes; Strips;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1987.4337378
  • Filename
    4337378
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=911692