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A Single Photon Imaging System Based on Wedge and Strip Anodes |
| MIAO Zhen-Hua, ZHAO Bao-Sheng, ZHANG Xing-Hua, LIU Yong-An |
| State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119 |
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MIAO Zhen-Hua, ZHAO Bao-Sheng, ZHANG Xing-Hua et al 2008 Chin. Phys. Lett. 25 2698-2701 |
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Abstract A new prototype of single photon imaging system based on wedge and strip anodes is developed. The prototype can directly measure the intensity and position information for an ultra-weak radiant source which takes on the character of single photons. The image of the ultra-weak radiant source can be reconstructed with a wedge and strip anodes detector and an electronic readout subsystem by photon counting and photon position sensitive detecting in a period of time. With proper evaluation, the prototype reveals a spatial resolution superior to 150μm, a 66-kHz maximal counting rate and a dark-count below 0.67count/cm2s.
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Received: 16 November 2007
Published: 26 June 2008
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85.60.Gz
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(Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors))
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(Photomultipliers; phototubes and photocathodes)
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85.45.Bz
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(Vacuum microelectronic device characterization, design, and modeling)
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