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、**
Author Affiliations
  • 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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    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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