2. Photomultiplier tubes
A photomultiplier tube is a detector which, on the one hand, converts the photons emitted by the radiation source into electrons, and on the other hand, amplifies these electrons to produce a current proportional to the number of incident photons. This technology dates back to 1936. A photomultiplier tube consists of a vacuum chamber (10 –4 · Pa) comprising (figure 1 ):
an entrance window transparent to the radiation...
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