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Progress towards a 256 channel multi-anode microchannel plate photomultiplier system with picosecond timing

Despite the rapid advances in solid state technologies such as the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), microchannel plate (MCP) photomultipliers still offer a proven and practical technological solution for high channel count pixellated photon-counting systems with very high time resolution. We describe...

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Autores principales: Lapington, J.S., Ashton, T.J.R., Ross, D., Conneely, T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: North-Holland 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25843997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.11.019
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description Despite the rapid advances in solid state technologies such as the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), microchannel plate (MCP) photomultipliers still offer a proven and practical technological solution for high channel count pixellated photon-counting systems with very high time resolution. We describe progress towards a 256 channel optical photon-counting system using CERN-developed NINO and HTDC ASICs, and designed primarily for time resolved spectroscopy in life science applications. Having previously built and demonstrated a 18 mm diameter prototype tube with an 8×8 channel readout configuration and <43 ps rms single photon timing resolution, we are currently developing a 40 mm device with a 32×32 channel readout. Initially this will be populated with a 256 channel electronics system comprising four sets of modular 64 channel preamplifier/discriminator, and time-to-digital converter units, arranged in a compact three dimensional configuration. We describe the detector and electronics design and operation, and present performance measurements from the 256 channel development system. We discuss enhancements to the system including higher channel count and the use of application specific on-board signal processing capabilities.
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spelling pubmed-43756502015-04-01 Progress towards a 256 channel multi-anode microchannel plate photomultiplier system with picosecond timing Lapington, J.S. Ashton, T.J.R. Ross, D. Conneely, T. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res A Article Despite the rapid advances in solid state technologies such as the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), microchannel plate (MCP) photomultipliers still offer a proven and practical technological solution for high channel count pixellated photon-counting systems with very high time resolution. We describe progress towards a 256 channel optical photon-counting system using CERN-developed NINO and HTDC ASICs, and designed primarily for time resolved spectroscopy in life science applications. Having previously built and demonstrated a 18 mm diameter prototype tube with an 8×8 channel readout configuration and <43 ps rms single photon timing resolution, we are currently developing a 40 mm device with a 32×32 channel readout. Initially this will be populated with a 256 channel electronics system comprising four sets of modular 64 channel preamplifier/discriminator, and time-to-digital converter units, arranged in a compact three dimensional configuration. We describe the detector and electronics design and operation, and present performance measurements from the 256 channel development system. We discuss enhancements to the system including higher channel count and the use of application specific on-board signal processing capabilities. North-Holland 2012-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4375650/ /pubmed/25843997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.11.019 Text en © 2012 Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Open Access under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license
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title_fullStr Progress towards a 256 channel multi-anode microchannel plate photomultiplier system with picosecond timing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375650/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.11.019
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