Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 060401(2011)

X-ray photon-counting detector based on a micro-channel plate for pulsar navigation

Baomei Chen1,2, Baosheng Zhao1, Huijun Hu1,2, Qiurong Yan1,2, and Lizhi Sheng1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
  • 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Baomei Chen, Baosheng Zhao, Huijun Hu, Qiurong Yan, Lizhi Sheng. X-ray photon-counting detector based on a micro-channel plate for pulsar navigation[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(6): 060401

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    Category: Detectors

    Received: Dec. 7, 2010

    Accepted: Jan. 14, 2011

    Published Online: May. 13, 2011

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    DOI:10.3788/COL201109.060401

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