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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Takayuki Ohmura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideki Shimoi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kodama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takayuki Ohmura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideki Shimoi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kodama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a photomultiplier that realizes a significant improvement of response time characteristics by a structure enabling mass production. The photomultiplier comprises a sealed container, and, in the sealed container, a photocathode, an electron multiplier section, and an anode are respectively disposed. The electron multiplier section includes multiple stages of dynode units, and each of the multiple stages of dynode units is fixed with one end of the associated dynode pin while being electrically connected thereto. In particular, the dynode pin, whose one ends are fixed to the multiple stages of dynode units, are held within an effective region of the electron multiplier section contributing to secondary electron multiplication, when the electron multiplier section is viewed from the photocathode side. By this configuration, a focusing distance from the photocathode to a first stage dynode unit can be shortened effectively and the effective region of the electron multiplier section can be enlarged to effectively reduce variations in transit time of photoelectrons propagating from the photocathode to the first stage dynode unit.