Transmission Secondary Electron Multiplication for High-Speed Pulse Counting
- 1 November 1956
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IRE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 3 (4) , 29-32
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns2.1956.4315542
Abstract
A new type of high-speed electron multiplier employing transmission secondary electron emission from thin insulating films is described. Electrons from a photosurface are multiplied in a series of plane-parallel dynodes consisting of a thin scattering layer of a heavy metal followed by a layer of a pure crystalline insulating material of high secondary emission yield. The characteristics of such dynodes are described, and the dc and pulse performance of an experimental seven-stage device employing this principle is presented.Keywords
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