Abstract
A system is described for in-situ monitoring of VUV-photocathode response in gasavalanche and noble-liquid photon detectors. It consists of a VUV light source, optical-fiberbased optics and a reference photodiode. The system permits real-time monitoring of detector photosensitivity variations due to atmospheric conditions, impurities or aging effects by photons and avalanche ions.
We present the system's parameters such as, spectral response, light transmission and operation of the reference photodiode at cryogenic temperatures. We demonstrate a quantitative monitoring of CsI-photocathode deterioration following its exposure to various atmospheric conditions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 07006 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Instrumentation |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 30 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- Electron multipliers (gas)
- GEM
- InGrid
- MHSP
- MICROMEGAS
- MICROPIC
- Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC
- Photoemission
- Photon detectors for UV
- THGEM, RETHGEM
- etc)
- solid-photocathodes)
- visible and IR photons (gas) (gas-photocathodes
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mathematical Physics
- Instrumentation