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View article: Next generation microchannel plate detectors for high spatial and temporal resolution
Next generation microchannel plate detectors for high spatial and temporal resolution Open
Multi-anode Microchannel Plate (MCP) detectors provide unique performance, especially with regards to sub 30 ps timing resolution, signal-photon sensitivity, and modular design. Developments for High-Energy Physics applications such as the…
View article: Utilising machine learning algorithms for high speed data processing of a single photon counting 256 channel PMT with a timing resolution of 60 ps
Utilising machine learning algorithms for high speed data processing of a single photon counting 256 channel PMT with a timing resolution of 60 ps Open
Development of a 256 Micro-Channel Plate Photo-Multiplier Tube (MCP-PMT) to further increase the spatial resolution while maintaining the temporal resolution of 60 ps using charge sharing techniques would enable a novel commercial camera s…
View article: Test-beam demonstration of a TORCH prototype module
Test-beam demonstration of a TORCH prototype module Open
The TORCH time-of-flight detector is designed to provide a 15 ps timing resolution for charged particles, resulting in π /K particle identification up to 10 GeV/c momentum over a 10 m flight path. Cherenkov photons, produced in a quartz pl…
View article: Investigating machine learning solutions for a 256 channel TCSPC camera with sub-70 ps single photon timing per channel at data rates >10 Gbps
Investigating machine learning solutions for a 256 channel TCSPC camera with sub-70 ps single photon timing per channel at data rates >10 Gbps Open
The development of a Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) camera with 256 channels has enabled several applications where single photon sensitivity is crucial, such as LiDAR, Fluorescent Lifetime IMaging (FLIM) and quantum inform…
View article: A precision time of flight readout system for the TORCH prototype detector
A precision time of flight readout system for the TORCH prototype detector Open
The TORCH detector provides low-momentum particle identification, combining Time of Flight (TOF) and Cherenkov techniques to achieve charged particle pi/K/p separation between 2–20 GeV/c over a flight distance of 10 m. The measurement requ…
View article: Test-beam performance of a TORCH prototype module
Test-beam performance of a TORCH prototype module Open
The TORCH time-of-flight detector is designed to provide a 15 ps timing resolution for charged particles, resulting in $K/\\pi$ $(p/K)$ particle identification up to momentum of about 10(15) GeV/$c$ over a 10 m flight distance. Cherenkov p…
View article: Status of the TORCH Project
Status of the TORCH Project Open
The TORCH time-of-flight detector will provide particle identification between 2–10 GeV/c momentum over a flight distance of 10 m, and is designed for large-area coverage, up to 30 m2. A 15 ps time-of-flight resolution per incident particl…
View article: Multi-Anode Square Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier Tube
Multi-Anode Square Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier Tube Open
Photek has developed a high performance 4096-anode photomultiplier tube using microchannel plates as the gain medium. Additionally, the detector has been designed in a square format to maximise the active area and allow for easy tiling to …
View article: The TORCH time-of-flight detector
The TORCH time-of-flight detector Open
The TORCH detector is a time-of-flight system that is being developed for use in particle physics experiments with the aim of providing particle identification, over a wide area, in the momentum range 2 to 10 GeV/c. The detector exploits p…
View article: Status of the TORCH time-of-flight project
Status of the TORCH time-of-flight project Open
TORCH is a time-of-flight detector, designed to provide charged pi/K particle identification up to a momentum of 10 GeV/c for a 10 m flight path. To achieve this level of performance, a time resolution of 15 ps per incident particle is req…
View article: Area and extraction field analysis of the analogue saturation of 40 mm microchannel plate photomultiplier tubes
Area and extraction field analysis of the analogue saturation of 40 mm microchannel plate photomultiplier tubes Open
Microchannel plate (MCP) photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are a well-established instrument for the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) community, with several detectors installed at NIF, Omega (LLE Rochester), and Orion (AWE). The analog signal…
View article: Precision electronics for a system of custom MCPs in the TORCH Time of Flight detector
Precision electronics for a system of custom MCPs in the TORCH Time of Flight detector Open
The TORCH detector will provide charged particle pi/K/p identification up to 10 GeV/c, combining Time-of-Flight and Cherenkov techniques to achieve a timing resolution of 70 ps for single photons. Based on a scalable design, a Time-of-Flig…
View article: A wide field time resolved fluorescent lifetime imaging microscope
A wide field time resolved fluorescent lifetime imaging microscope Open
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a tool that has become of important use to many biologists and medical researchers. It allows for the imaging of fluorescent markers within cells and as well their decay lifetime informati…
View article: Development, characterization and beam tests of a small-scale TORCH prototype module
Development, characterization and beam tests of a small-scale TORCH prototype module Open
Within the TORCH (Time Of internally Reflected CHerenkov light) R&D project, a small-scale TORCH prototype module is currently under study. Circular-shaped micro-channel plate photon detectors with finely segmented square anodes (32 x 32 c…
View article: TORCH - Cherenkov and Time-of-Flight PID Detector for the LHCb Upgrade at CERN
TORCH - Cherenkov and Time-of-Flight PID Detector for the LHCb Upgrade at CERN Open
TORCH is a large-area precision time-of-flight detector, based on Cherenkov light production and propagation in a quartz radiator plate, which is read out at its edges. TORCH is proposed for the LHCb experiment at CERN to provide positive …
View article: The TORCH PMT: a close packing, multi-anode, long life MCP-PMT for Cherenkov applications
The TORCH PMT: a close packing, multi-anode, long life MCP-PMT for Cherenkov applications Open
Photek (U.K.) and the TORCH collaboration are undertaking a three year development program to produce a novel square MCP-PMT for single photon detection. The TORCH detector aims to provide particle identification in the 2–10 GeV/c momentum…