Simulations of Fast X-Ray Detectors Based on Multichannel Plates
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Date
2012
Authors
Adams, B.
Insepov, Z.
Ivanov, V.
Norem, J.
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Proceedings of IPAC2012, New Orleans, Louisiana
Abstract
High-performance detectors with high spatial and time resolutions are required in applications such as imaging of fast processes, time-resolved coherent scattering, and time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy. Recently a new type of X-ray detector was proposed, based on microchannel plates (MCP) coated with resistive and emissive layers inside the pores by using atomic-layer deposition with better functional optimizations. Two microscopic Monte Carlo codes were used to calculate the characteristics of secondary electrons emitted from a photocathode irradiated by X-rays with energies of 1–15 keV and by electrons with energies in the interval of 0– -2 keV. WO3 was selected as the photocathode and the electron emissive material. The emissive characteristics obtained by the microscopic Monte Carlo codes were used as input data for a third, macroscopic MCP simulation Monte Carlo code, for calculating the gain and transit time spread of a MCP-based X-ray detector. Our simulation results showed that the X-ray detector should improve the spatial and time resolution and push the development of high-quantum-yield photocathodes based on MCPs.
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X-ray detectors, microchannel plates (MCP)
Citation
Adams, B., Insepov, Z., Ivanov, V., & Norem, J. (2012). Simulations of Fast X-Ray Detectors Based on Multichannel Plates. Proc. IPAC, 12, 20-25.