Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 54, Issue 5, 0523002(2025)

Gain Characteristics of Side-window Dynode Photomultiplier Tubes

Luanxuan HE1,2,3, Ping CHEN1、*, Jie LI2, Hulin LIU1, Jinshou TIAN1, Wenbo HU2, and Shengli WU2、**
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Ultra-fast Photoelectric Diagnostics Technology,Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xi'an 710119,China
  • 2Key laboratory of Physical Electronics and Devices,Ministry of Education,School of Electronic Science and Engineering,Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi'an 710049,China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    Schematic diagram of side-window photomultiplier tube structure
    Structural diagram of side window photomultiplier tube
    Electric field distribution and electron motion trajectory diagram of photomultiplier tube
    Secondary electron yield of Cs3Sb
    The effect of photocathode angle on collection efficiency
    The result of different dynode structure photomultiplier potential distribution diagram
    Electron trajectory diagrams of dynode structures in various shapes
    Effect of dynode angle on collection efficiency
    Effect of dynode distance on collection efficiency
    Effect of dynode length on collection efficiency
    Effect of the ratio of dynode to cathode length on collection efficiency
    • Table 1. Voltage distribution table for photomultiplier tubes

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      Table 1. Voltage distribution table for photomultiplier tubes

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    • Table 2. Comparison of photomultiplier tube gain for three different dynode structures

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      Table 2. Comparison of photomultiplier tube gain for three different dynode structures

      Dynode structuresSingle electron gain
      Reverse arc1.1×106
      Plate8.2×106
      Concentric arc9.1×106
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    Luanxuan HE, Ping CHEN, Jie LI, Hulin LIU, Jinshou TIAN, Wenbo HU, Shengli WU. Gain Characteristics of Side-window Dynode Photomultiplier Tubes[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(5): 0523002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Device

    Received: Nov. 5, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 21, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 18, 2025

    The Author Email: Ping CHEN (chenping1@opt.ac.cn), Shengli WU (slwu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20255405.0523002

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