Infrared Technology, Volume. 42, Issue 8, 722(2020)

"Solar Blind" Ultraviolet Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier

Shuguang SI1,2、*, Muchun JIN1, Xingchao WANG1, Guorui HUANG1, Zhen JIN1, Haiyang XU1, Kai WU1, Ning WANG1, Zhiyao HUANG1, Jianning SUN1,2, Ling REN1,2, Shen LI1, Mengyao SHI1, Haoda ZHANG1, Yiqi CAO1, Wei HOU1, Ying GU1, Min ZHAO1, Hao YE1, and Sichen TANG1
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    A “solar blind” ultraviolet photomultiplier is a key detector for ultraviolet warning systems andultraviolet communications. It exhibits the characteristics of high radiation sensitivity, high gain, highresolution, and low noise. Therefore, ultraviolet photomultipliers are an important research topic undervacuum devices worldwide. Herein, a “solar blind” ultraviolet photomultiplier developed by NVT isintroduced from four aspects: structure design, cathode preparation, microchannel plate, and whole tubesealing. A .18 mm Cs2Te photocathode was evaporated on an MgF2 window through anti-reflectiontechnology, which resulted in a radiation sensitivity at 250 nm increasing from 22 to 26.5 mA/W. The signalrise time is less than 500 ps, and the TTS is less than 0.1 ns; these are obtained by electron optics simulation.The gain of the microchannel plate reached 5.106 via structure optimization and atomic layer depositiontechnology. The indium sealing technology of glass/Cr/Cu/Ag multilayer metal film is adopted to improvethe qualified rate of the entire tube sealing to 97%.

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    SI Shuguang, JIN Muchun, WANG Xingchao, HUANG Guorui, JIN Zhen, XU Haiyang, WU Kai, WANG Ning, HUANG Zhiyao, SUN Jianning, REN Ling, LI Shen, SHI Mengyao, ZHANG Haoda, CAO Yiqi, HOU Wei, GU Ying, ZHAO Min, YE Hao, TANG Sichen. "Solar Blind" Ultraviolet Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier[J]. Infrared Technology, 2020, 42(8): 722

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    Received: Mar. 13, 2020

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    Published Online: Nov. 6, 2020

    The Author Email: Shuguang SI (sishuguang@126.com)

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