Detectors & Imaging

Microchannel plates from Photonis reduce background noise up to 100x

June 15, 2012

A Long-Life, Low Noise performance option is available for a line of microchannel plates.

A Long-Life, Low Noise performance option is available for a line of microchannel plates. It provides up to a one-hundred-fold reduction in background noise, for applications where the background noise is lower than the detector noise. At 0.01 counts/s/cm², the dark count level approaches the background level of cosmic rays.
Photonis
Sturbridge, MA
www.photonis.com

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PRESS RELEASE

PHOTONIS Announces New Long-Life, Low Noise Microchannel Plates

New Performance Option Now Available for All MCP Formats

Sturbridge, MA – PHOTONIS USA, a leading electro-optic manufacturer, announced the addition of a new Long-Life, Low Noise (L3N) performance option, which is now available across its entire microchannel plate (MCP) line. The new L3N option offers up to a one hundred-fold reduction in background noise when compared to traditional MCPs. Any MCP made by PHOTONIS USA can be now be ordered with this new low-noise performance option.

The new low noise option is ideal for applications where the background noise of the specific application is currently lower than the detector noise. Recent tests confirmed that, at 0.01 counts/second/cm², the L3N MCP dark count level approaches the background level of cosmic rays. L3N MCPs had previously been developed by PHOTONIS as a custom product, and has been deployed in a number of space exploration missions, including the Chandler X-Ray Telescope. Other applications include low level imaging and high energy physics research.

The L3N option is also being made available on any currently manufactured product by PHOTONIS which contains MCPs, including items such as specialty Stripline MCPs, Advanced Performance Detectors and Time-of-Flight Detectors. The Long-Life, Low Noise performance option must be specified at time of order.

PHOTONIS is a multi-national high-technology group with more than 40 years experience in manufacture, sales, and innovation of specialized photo-sensor and electro-optic technologies. The PHOTONIS Group operates internationally in the Night Vision, Industrial, Scientific, Medical and Imaging markets. PHOTONIS USA designs and manufactures a wide range of custom and standardized components and assemblies for mass spectrometry as well as other medical, bio-medical and scientific instruments, and holds several patents in these fields. For more information, please visit the web site at www.photonis.com.

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