Numerical study and improvement of the dynamic performance of dilation x-ray imager

We present in this Note a numerical study on the dynamic performance of a Dilation X-ray Imager (DIXI). The DIXI including a photoelectron tube (PT) and a magnetic solenoid is modeled in 3D space. The initial parameters of the photoelectrons are sampled with a Monte Carlo code. The trajectories of the photoelectrons are calculated by using the particle-in-cell method, and the transit time spread (TTS) and temporal magnification are analyzed in detail. We have designed a PT with a double-microstrip structure and compared the performance of the double-microstrip PT with the traditional single-microstrip PT. The results show that the sensitivity of the TTS and the temporal magnification to the emission time of the photoelectrons can be significantly reduced by using the double-microstrip PT, resulting in an improvement of the time window. Therefore, the dynamic performance of the DIXI is improved.