ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Electron multiplication of parallel-plate electron multipliers with a parallel electric field (PPEM-parallel) and with a tilted electric field (PPEM-tilt) have been studied by a Monte Carlo simulation method. The optimum geometrical condition is represented with a ratio of the dynode length Ld to the dynode spacing Ds, Ld/Ds=0.040Vd, for the PPEM-parallel, and with a ratio of the dynode displacement Xd to the dynode spacing Ds, Xd/Ds=0.40, for the PPEM-tilt, where Vd is an applied voltage. For optimum geometrical conditions, the PPEM-parallel and the PPEM-tilt have almost equal characteristic properties of operation such as mean gain, pulse height distribution, and transit time distribution of secondary electrons. These are inherent results of the almost equivalent electron multiplication processes such as collision energy of secondaries and number of electron multiplication steps. A simplified analytical method is used to explain the computer simulation results.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1144213
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