Liwei Xin

Status of the large area MCP-PMT in China

For the next generation neutrino experiment, number of experienced researchers and engineers in research institutes and companies related to PMT fabrication in China jointly worked on the large area MCP-PMT collaboration group. In the past 5 years by collaborative work, the 8-inch and 20-inch prototypes were produced. And also get the high detection efficiency 20-inch MCP-PMT for JUNO in 2015, and get the 75% order of the JUNO-PMT. This manuscript will introduce the progress of the R&D of this new design of the MCP-PMT, also the performance tested result in the PMT Lab in IHEP.

A compact large-format streak tube for imaging lidar

The streak tubes with a large effective photocathode area, large effective phosphor screen area, and high photocathode radiant sensitivity are essential for improving the field of view, depth of field, and detectable range of the multiple-slit streak tube imaging lidar. In this paper, a high spatial resolution, large photocathode area, and compact meshless streak tube with a spherically curved cathode and screen is designed and tested. Its spatial resolution reaches 20 lp/mm over the entire Φ28 mm photocathode working area, and the simulated physical temporal resolution is better than 30 ps. The temporal distortion in our large-format streak tube, which is shown to be a non-negligible factor, has a minimum value as the radius of curvature of the photocathode varies. Furthermore, the photocathode radiant sensitivity and radiant power gain reach 41 mA/W and 18.4 at the wavelength of 550 nm, respectively. Most importantly, the external dimensions of our streak tube are no more than Φ60 mm × 110 mm.

Status of the 20 inch MCP-PMT prototype development for JUNO experiment

A new concept of large area photomultiplier based on MCPs was conceived for JUNO by the scientists in IHEP, Beijing. In the past 5 years by collaborative work of the MCP-PMT collaboration in China, 8 inch and 20 inch prototypes were produced. Test results show that this type of MCP-PMT can have similar photon counting performance as the traditional dynode type PMTs. With the better collection efficiency, low after pulse rate, low Low-Potassium Glass, the JUNO ordered 75% about 15,000 20 inch MCP-PMT from NNVT at the end of 2015. This manuscript just give the overview this type of MCP-PMT, the R&D process and the main characteristics.