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7619199 Time-resolved measurement apparatus and position-sensitive election multiplier tube  
A time-resolved measurement apparatus ( 100 ) reads a detection timing pulse from an MCP ( 24 ) in a front-side MCP stack ( 30 ) in a photomultiplier tube ( 14 ). A detection timing of a photon is...
7601937 Photon detector for photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons  
A photon detector has a photocathode for the photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons. Spatial position information is supplied by an at least one-dimensional electron-detector pixel array....
7592746 Photomultiplier  
A photomultiplier ( 2 ) is disclosed having an element ( 16 ) for modifying the gain thereof either during manufacture (after the normal activation process) or in use, by changing the secondary...
7592581 Control circuit for photomultiplier tube  
In this control circuit, based on a reference potential generated in a high-voltage generating circuit, a comparator outputs an over-light incidence discrimination signal to the outside of a...
7579575 Electron multiplying solid-state image pickup apparatus, method and computer program product for adjusting electron multiplying gain  
An electron multiplying solid-state image pickup apparatus which obtains a desired electron multiplying gain through adjusting a voltage applied to an electron multiplying gate electrode includes...
7538307 Charge multiplication CMOS image sensor and method for charge multiplication  
A pixel for a CMOS photo sensor having a photosensitive element configured to collect charge when light strikes the photosensitive element, a charge-multiplication circuit having a first electrode,...
7531778 Nano tube photo detecting device  
A photo detecting device comprises a photo-electron generating body, which absorbs light and generates photo-electrons, and a transistor, across which an electric current flows in accordance with a...
7514664 Night-vision system including field replaceable image intensifier tube  
A night vision system has an image intensifier tube that may be installed or replaced without requiring realignment of the optics. A first locating feature may be coupled to the image intensifier...
7491918 Electron beam detection device and electron tube  
An insulating tube has one end and another end. An avalanche photodiode (APD) is provided outside the one end of the insulating tube. The another end of the insulating tube is air-tightly connected...
7479623 Method of controlling the charging of a photomuliplier tube including sampling at least one of the dynodes for determining its voltage  
A photomultiplier tube circuit with reduced power consumption comprising a photomultiplier tube having a plurality of dynodes, charging circuitry for providing charge to the plurality of dynodes...
7476838 Photoelectric imaging sensor and two-dimensional output electrode array used therein  
A photo cathode converts an incident light into photoelectrons. A photomultiplier kept vacuum inside thereof, amplifies photoelectrons converted by the photo cathode. Photoelectrons intensified by...
7459662 Photomultiplier tube circuit including means for sampling the voltage of at least one dynode  
A photomultiplier tube circuit with reduced power consumption comprising a photomultiplier tube having a plurality of dynodes, charging circuitry for providing charge to the plurality of dynodes...
7429724 Low profile wire bond for an electron sensing device in an image intensifier tube  
An electron sensing device for receiving electrons from an output surface of an electron gain device includes a silicon die having an active surface area for positioning below the output surface of...
7427835 Photomultiplier including a photocathode, a dynode unit, a focusing electrode, and an accelerating electrode  
The present invention relates to a photomultiplier having a structure that enables to perform high gain and satisfy higher required characteristics. In the photomultiplier, an electron-multiplying...
7427733 Gated image intensifier  
A gated optical image intensifier 10 is provided with multiple intensifying channels 20, 22, 24, 26 each supplied with radiation via a respective optical channel of an optical splitter. The...
7425694 Time-resolved measurement apparatus  
A time-resolved measurement apparatus ( 100 ) acquires a detection timing pulse from an output terminal ( 34 ) attached to a micro channel plate ( 30 ) in a photomultiplier tube ( 14 ). A...
7420147 Microchannel plate and method of manufacturing microchannel plate  
A method of fabricating a multichannel plate is provided. The method includes providing a N layers, each layer having an array of wells formed therein. The N layers are aligned and stacked. The...
7417235 Particle detector for secondary ions and direct and or indirect secondary electrons  
A multi-purpose efficient charge particle detector that by switching bias voltages measures either secondary ions, or secondary electrons (SE) from a sample, or secondary electrons that originate...
7411187 Ion trap in a semiconductor chip  
A micrometer-scale ion trap, fabricated on a monolithic chip using semiconductor micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. A single 111Cd+ ion is confined, laser cooled, and the heating...
7408142 Microchannel amplifier with tailored pore resistance  
A microchannel amplifier includes an insulating substrate that defines at least one microchannel pore through the substrate from an input surface to an output surface. A conductive layer is formed...
7394187 Electron multipliers and radiation detectors  
An electron multiplier includes a plate having a plurality of interconnected particles, e.g., fibers, having electron-emissive surfaces. The particles may include a neutron-sensitive and/or neutron...
7391000 EMCCD detector, as well as a spectrometer and a microscope having an EMCCD detector  
An EMCCD detector includes a first gain register and a photoactive area divided into at least a two detection regions. At least one of the detection regions is assigned to the first gain register.
7388201 Radiation detector having coated nanostructure and method  
A radiation detector has an electron emitter that includes a coated nanostructure on a support. The nanostructure can include a plurality of nanoneedles. A nanoneedle is a shaft tapering from a...
7378668 Method and apparatus for applying charged particle beam  
In a charged particle beam applying apparatus such as an electron beams lithography system, there is a technology that facilitates positional adjustment of a crossover and improves throughput of...
7378634 Imaging methods and apparatus having extended dynamic range  
Methods and apparatus for imaging light are disclosed. Light is imaged by collecting light, converting the collected light into a electrical charge signal, multiplying the electrical charge signal...
7368699 Segmented image intensifier  
According to some embodiments of the invention, an image intensifier is provided. The image intensifier comprises a layer of electrically isolated electrode segments each able to receive an...
7342216 Photomultiplier system and a microscope  
A photomultiplier system includes a detector tube, a power supply unit, and a thermal isolation element. The power supply unit provides an accelerating voltage for operating the detector tube. The...
7339153 Photon counting methods and devices with electrical pulse duration and intensity measurement  
Photon counting electronics and method that allow for counting single photons with sensitivity, linearity, and accuracy. The method for accurately counting photon numbers entering a photon...
7332700 Photomultiplier tube with dynode modulation for photon-counting  
In a photomultiplier tube (PMT) device having a plurality of dynodes provided between a cathode and an anode, a cancellation circuit provides two different modulation signals to the PMT to cancel...
7326900 Two-dimensional weak radiation detector with a detection means based on orthogonal modulation  
A weak light detector ( 40 ) which can detect two-dimensional weak radiation at a high speed with high precision. The fluorescence from the DNA chip ( 46 ) is incident on a detection part ( 56 ) of...
7297924 Imaging device with focus switching means for day and night vision  
An optronic observation device including a detector having a photocathode and a sensor arranged to receive an incident light beam. The device also including a switch to position an optical element...
7297914 Cerenkov x-ray detector for portal imaging  
The present invention provides a practical design of a megavoltage x-ray detector with both high quantum efficiency (QE) and high resolution. The x-ray detector includes an optical-fiber taper...
7282690 Display of indicator lights in night vision devices using fiber optic screen  
A night vision device includes an image intensifier tube and a fiber optic screen disposed in operative relationship to each other. The fiber optic screen includes a longitudinal bundle of multiple...
7253387 List mode multichannel analyzer  
A digital list mode multichannel analyzer (MCA) built around a programmable FPGA device for onboard data analysis and on-the-fly modification of system detection/operating parameters, and capable...
7238928 Photomultiplier with particular stem/pin structure  
The edges of portions of a base member that are joined to stem pins are arranged as bottom surfaces of recesses formed in the stem so that the stem pins are joined to the base member at gradual...
7235768 Solid state vision enhancement device  
A method and device for overcoming drawbacks with commonly used prior art image intensifier tubes by providing a vision enhancement capability useful during daytime as well as nighttime. The method...
7221837 Device and method for reducing glass flow during the manufacture of microchannel plates  
The present invention provides a glass packing tube for use in fabricating a microchannel plate. The glass tube has a plurality of flat inner surfaces and is used to form a boule including a...
7211778 Night vision goggle with separate camera and user output paths  
A night vision device comprising a first detector, a beam splitter, a user optical output and a camera. The first detector is configured to detect and transmit a scene image in a first spectral...
7189956 Photomultiplier and radiation detector  
In a photomultiplier, a ring-like side tube is not interposed between a side tube and a stem in the radial direction, and the side tube is joined to the ring-like side tube in a state of being...
7176429 Electron tube  
In an electron tube, one end of an insulating tube is protruded toward the inside of an envelope, and an avalanche photodiode (APD) is provided on the one end of the insulating tube. Another end of...
7157681 Photomultiplier tube gain stabilization for radiation dosimetry system  
Methods and means for measuring and adjusting the gain of a photomultiplier tube (PMT), or other photo-detector with electron multiplication gain, for the purpose of achieving accurate light...
7157680 Photon arrival time detection  
A photon arrival time detector has the form of a photocathode 4 from which a photoelectron is ejected by an incident photon. The photoelectron is accelerated by an applied voltage to a CCD sensor...
7148461 Photomultiplier tube with enchanced hermiticity  
A metal side tube ( 2 ), a glass faceplate ( 3 ), and a stem plate ( 4 ) constitute a hermetically sealed vessel ( 5 ) for a photomultiplier tube. An edge portion ( 20 ) is provided at on open end...
7148459 Photon energized cavity and system  
In a first exemplary embodiment of the invention, an externally and photonically energized unit comprises a shaped resonant cavity, with selected material for converting the incident photons into...
7141787 Detector for a co-axial bipolar time-of-flight mass spectrometer  
A detector for a coaxial bipolar time-of-flight mass spectrometer is described. The detector includes a microchannel plate, a scintillator disposed in parallel relation to said microchannel plate,...
7141781 Efficient high-frequency energy coupling in radiation-assisted field emission  
An improved device, method, and system efficiently couple high-frequency energy from radiation-assisted field emission. A radiation source radiates an emitting surface with an electromagnetic...
7135670 Photomultiplier and radiation detector  
Onto a base member, through which stem pins are passed and holding members are to be joined to the respective surfaces thereof, the stem pins and the holding members are joined by fusion by melting...
7132639 Photomultiplier and radiation detector  
A holding member or a base member, through which stem pins are passed and one surface of which is held by the holding member, is joined to the stem pins and the holding member by fusion by the...
7126263 Perforated mega-boule wafer for fabrication of microchannel plates (MCPs)  
A mega-boule is used in fabricating microchannel plates (MCPs). The mega-boule has a cross-sectional surface including an island section, an inner perimeter section and an outer perimeter section,...
7126103 Method, system and computer program for controlling a night vision system  
A night vision system including an image intensifier receiving light. A current detector monitors current at the image intensifier. A data filter is coupled to the current detector and determines...