Microchannel plate life tests
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 16 (5), 1435-1437
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.16.001435
Abstract
We have investigated the manner in which the gain of a microchannel plate (MCP) changes as the plate is operated at moderate output currents. We find that the total charge per unit area Q (C-cm−2) extracted from the MCP is the relevant quantity for evaluating the performance of the MCP. The shape of the gain vs Q curve may contain important information on the gain decay process. The MCP’s showed no long periods of stable gain similar to those frequently exhibited by channeltrons.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Microchannel Plate Imaging DetectorsIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1972