Electron Multiplier Array Particle Detectors

这是SBIR第一阶段的奖项，用于开发新的 用于粒子探测的电子倍增器阵列。 这些设备在物理上类似于现有的微信 板，但可以制成微米和亚微米通道， 任意大小。 由于尺寸较小，这些设备将 响应速度和带宽大约是 传统的微通道板。 该项目将尝试迈出第一步， 微通道电子倍增器改进， 一种制造任意大小的极小通道的技术， 形状. 这些设备用于研究和商业 应用程序及其性能的任何改进都将是 重大发展。

This is an SBIR Phase I award for development of a new class of electron multiplier arrays for particle detection. These devices are physically similar to available micro-channel plates, but can be made with micron and submicron channels of arbitrary sizes. Because of the smaller size, these devices will have approximately ten times better response and bandwidth than conventional micro-channel plates. The project will attempt the first steps toward a major improvement in micro-channel electron multipliers, by developing a technique to fabricate extremely small channels of arbitrary shapes. The devices are used in both research and commercial applications and any improvement in their performance would be a significant development.