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Note: Position dependence of time signals picked off a microchannel plate detector
U Ablikim1, M Zohrabi1, Bethany Jochim1
1J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|February 2, 2015
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.
