We present a study of the characteristics of a hybrid image intensifier tube based on a thinned backside Electron Bombarded CCD (EBCCD) with better performance in spatial resolution, single photoelectron detection and gain stability than the conventional intensified systems based on a Micro Channel Plate followed by a CCD. Single photon detection sensitivity has been studied and a procedure to correct the gain non-uniformity of the EBCCD has been developed. The EBCCD, operating at 14 kV, has an average gain of similar to 3000 electrons/photoelectron and a noise of the order of 100 electron/pixel. These characteristics make the EBCCD a very attractive device for many applications in high-energy physics, astrophysics and biomedicine. A possible application in a neutrino oscillation experiment is presented. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
A multichannel single-photon sensitive detector for high-energy physics: the megapixel EBCCD / L., Benussi; V., Fanti; D., Frekers; A., Frenkel; G., Giannini; S. V., Golovkin; E. N., Kozarenko; I. E., Kreslo; B., Liberti; G., Martellotti; A. M., Medvedkov; M. R., Mondardini; Penso, Gianni; A., Polizzi; R., Santacesaria; G., Santini; M., Spinetti; P., Vilain; L., Votano; G., Wilquet; K., Winter. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 442:1-3(2000), pp. 154-158. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2nd International Conference on New Developments in Photodetection tenutosi a BEAUNE, FRANCE nel JUN 21-25, 1999) [10.1016/s0168-9002(99)01265-6].
A multichannel single-photon sensitive detector for high-energy physics: the megapixel EBCCD
PENSO, Gianni;
2000
Abstract
We present a study of the characteristics of a hybrid image intensifier tube based on a thinned backside Electron Bombarded CCD (EBCCD) with better performance in spatial resolution, single photoelectron detection and gain stability than the conventional intensified systems based on a Micro Channel Plate followed by a CCD. Single photon detection sensitivity has been studied and a procedure to correct the gain non-uniformity of the EBCCD has been developed. The EBCCD, operating at 14 kV, has an average gain of similar to 3000 electrons/photoelectron and a noise of the order of 100 electron/pixel. These characteristics make the EBCCD a very attractive device for many applications in high-energy physics, astrophysics and biomedicine. A possible application in a neutrino oscillation experiment is presented. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
