Study on nonlinearity measurement of photomultiplier tubes by continuous neutral optical attenuator

Shiyu Yin; Lin Liu; Bo Gao; Mingjun Chen; Xiaohao You; Kai Li; Congcong Liu; Zhizhi Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2686755

6 August 2023 Study on nonlinearity measurement of photomultiplier tubes by continuous neutral optical attenuator

Shiyu Yin, Lin Liu, Bo Gao, Mingjun Chen, Xiaohao You, Kai Li, Congcong Liu, Zhizhi Zhang

Proceedings Volume 12781, International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2023); 127810B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2686755
Event: 2023 International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2023), 2023, Guangzhou, JS, China

Abstract

The charge nonlinearity of the photomultiplier reflects the difference between the number of photoelectrons in the anode output signal and the number of photoelectrons in the cathode. In this study, the nonlinearity of the photomultiplier output range from tens of photoelectrons to hundreds of photoelectrons was tested by using a continuous light attenuator and compared with the test scheme of alternating luminescence with double LED light sources. The results show that the maximum nonlinearity measured by the optical attenuation method is 80% higher than that measured by the two-light source method, and the correctness of the optical attenuation method is verified by the numerical sampling method.

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Shiyu Yin, Lin Liu, Bo Gao, Mingjun Chen, Xiaohao You, Kai Li, Congcong Liu, and Zhizhi Zhang "Study on nonlinearity measurement of photomultiplier tubes by continuous neutral optical attenuator", Proc. SPIE 12781, International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2023), 127810B (6 August 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2686755

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