Note: Position dependence of time signals picked off a microchannel plate detector

U Ablikim; M Zohrabi; Bethany Jochim; B Berry; T Severt; K D Carnes; I Ben-Itzhak

doi:10.1063/1.4906327

Note: Position dependence of time signals picked off a microchannel plate detector

Rev Sci Instrum. 2015 Jan;86(1):016111. doi: 10.1063/1.4906327.

Authors

U Ablikim¹, M Zohrabi¹, Bethany Jochim¹, B Berry¹, T Severt¹, K D Carnes¹, I Ben-Itzhak¹

Affiliation

¹ J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.

PMID: 25638138
DOI: 10.1063/1.4906327

Abstract

Using an ultrafast laser and a precision mask, we demonstrate that time signals picked off directly from a microchannel plate detector depend on the position of the hit. This causes a time spread of about 280 ps, which can affect the quality of imaging measurements using large detectors.