Pulse Dilation PMT Tubes

Magnify PMT time resolution.

The device uses a custom circumferential photocathode pulser coupled to an expanded PMT tube to magnify the time resolution of our fastest 100 ps PMT to under 10 ps. This expanded time resolution is maintained even when using a relatively slow and less expensive oscilloscope readout system with only 2 to 6 GHz capability. This PD-PMT offers extreme performance, but with the ease of simple and robust operation. The resulting expansion enables the use of inexpensive readout electronics for applications that otherwise would require expensive high-performance electronics. The PD-PMT brings new capabilities to Cherenkov measurements, gamma reaction history, time of flight, luminescence, and other experiments where a high temporal resolution window is required.

• Datasheet
  Sydor Pulse Dilation PMT Datasheet (PD-PMT)

• Technical Note
  Technical Note: Pulse Dilation

• Poster
  Development of an Ultra-Fast Photomultiplier Tube for the Next Generation Of Gamma-Ray Cherenkov Detectors for The National Ignition Facility

• Publication
  Improved Ablator Areal Density Analysis By Investigating Background Gamma-Ray Signal

• Publication
  Development of an Ultra-fast Photomultiplier Tube for Gamma-ray Cherenkov Detectors at the National Ignition Facility (PD-PMT)

• Publication
  Sub-nanosecond Single Line-of-Sight (SLOS) X-ray Imagers

• Publication
  A Demonstration of Ultra-High Time Resolution with a Pulse-dilation Photo-multiplier

• Publication
  Picosecond Imaging of Inertial Confinement Fusion Plasmas using Electron Pulse-Dilation

• Publication
  Pulse dilation gas Cherenkov detector for ultra-fast gamma reaction history at the NIF