Note: A timing micro-channel plate detector with backside fast preamplifier

Rev Sci Instrum. 2014 Mar;85(3):036103. doi: 10.1063/1.4867457.

Abstract

A timing micro-channel plate detector with a backside double-channel fast preamplifier was developed to avoid distortion during signal propagation from the anode to the preamplifier. The mechanical and electronic structure is described. The detector including its backside preamplifier is tested by a (241)Am α-source and a rise time of ~2 ns with an output background noise of 4 mV(rms) was achieved.