A single-photon multichannel detector: The megapixel EBCCD

Annis, P.; Bay, A.; Bonekamper, D.; Buontempo, S.; Currat, C.; Van Dantzig, R.; Ekimov, A. V.; Ereditato, A.; Fabre, J. P.; Frekers, D.; Frenkel, A.; Galeazzi, F.; Garufi, Fabio; Goldberg, J.; Golovkin, S. V.; Govorun, V. N.; Hoepfner, K.; Holtz, K.; Konijn, J.; Kozarenko, E. N.; Kreslo, I. E.; Liberti, B.; Litmaath, M.; Martellotti, G.; Medvedkov, A. M.; Migliozzi, P.; Mommaert, C.; Panman, J.; Penso, G.; Petukhov, Y. U. P.; Rondeshagen, D.; Tyukov, V. E.; Vasilchenko, V. G.; Vilain, P.; Visschers, J. L.; Wilquet, G.; Winter, K.; Wolff, T.; Wong, H.; Wortche, H. J.

doi:10.1063/1.56987

The CERN RD46 Collaboration is developing a new high resolution tracking detector based on glass capillaries filled with liquid scintillator. In this framework we have built a read-out chain based on a newly developed device: the Megapixel Electron Bombarded CCD (EBCCD). This device is a hybrid image-intensifier tube, with a 1024×1024 pixels CCD chip in place of the phosphor screen. The tube has a 40 mm diameter photocathode, is gateable and zoomable from 0.62 to 1.3. The EBCCD tube is able to detect single photoelectrons, with a signal to noise ratio better than 10. This Megapixel multichannel photon counting device is attractive for many applications in high-energy physics, astrophysics, biomedical diagnostics, and very low-light imaging.

A single-photon multichannel detector: The megapixel EBCCD / P., A., A., B., D., B., S., B., C., C., R., V.D., A. V., E., A., E., J. P., F., D., F., A., F., F., G., Garufi, F., J., G., S. V., G., V. N., G., K., H., K., H., J., K., E. N., K., et al.. - STAMPA. - 450:(1998), pp. 509-518. (The SCIFI97 conference on scintillating and fiber detectors Notre Dame, Indiana (USA) 2-6 Nov 1997) [10.1063/1.56987].