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Offline Bidagdha_TADIR

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Photomultiplier tube
« on: June 04, 2014, 11:45:55 PM »
Is there a mathematical relationship between the intensity of the light coming to the PMT and the current produced, if so what is it?


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Re: Photomultiplier tube
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2014, 04:47:28 PM »
A dark current, badly reproducible and depending on the ambient radioactivity, the cosmic rays, the temperature.
Then a photocurrent which is proportional to the incoming light if not too strong.
The multiplication factor depends on the voltage.

You could check photomultiplier datasheets; Hamamatsu sells some.

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Re: Photomultiplier tube
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2014, 06:26:24 PM »
Photomultiplier data sheets are the more practical approach in-lab, but if you're looking into the theory and want to see what the idealized mathematical relationship is, check out this resource:

http://www2.pv.infn.it/~debari/doc/Flyckt_Marmonier.pdf

I believe the current amplification mathematics start at the very beginning.

Enjoy
Is 137 the end?

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Re: Photomultiplier tube
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2014, 08:35:19 PM »
Checking the reference, thank you.

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