PULSE HEIGHT RESOLUTION OF HIGH GAIN FIRST DYNODE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS

G. A. Morton, Howard Smith, H. R. Krall

Applied Physics Letters · 1968 · 37 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

The performance of a new photomultiplier with high-gain GaP(Cs) first dynode is described. The photoelectron statistics are degraded by less than 5% as compared with 20% for conventional multipliers. The improved statistics make it possible, for the first time, to distinguish the emission of one, two, and up to five photoelectrons.

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