Spatial resolution and relative brightness of a microchannel plate detector system with P20 and P43 phosphor screens

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Aase, Johnny G ^a   Burchill, Johnathan K ^a   Knudsen, David ^a   Hackett, John P ^b   Moffat, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b COM DEV Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

charged particle detector; image intensifier; microchannel plates; phosphor

Indexed keywords

FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; MICROCHANNEL PLATE DETECTOR; MICROCHANNEL PLATES; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; RELATIVE BRIGHTNESS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTORS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); LIGHT EMISSION; MICROCHANNELS; PHOSPHORS;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES;

EID: 81755161201     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3582857     Document Type: Article

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