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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 17, 1700006(2021)

Microchannel Plate Photon Detector and Factors Influencing its Time Resolution

Jingsheng Pan^*

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Nanjing Branch of North Night Vision Techmology Co., Ltd., Nanjing , Jiangsu 211102, China

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Category: Reviews

Received: Nov. 13, 2020

Accepted: Jan. 2, 2021

Published Online: Sep. 8, 2021

The Author Email: Pan Jingsheng (pjs@nvt.com.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.1700006

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology