Method for studying the linearity of photomultipliers using noncalibrated light sources

G. N. Dudkin, S. I. Kuznetsov, A. Nurkin, V. N. Padalko

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Abstract

A simple method for measuring and evaluation of nonlinearity of the photomultiplier response efficiency using two controlled noncalibrated light sources is presented. The accuracy of the response efficiency nonlinearity evaluation and its linearization procedure was found to be 0.15%. As was shown, photomultiplier nonlinearity led to nonproportional distortions of photoelectronic estimates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-140
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	875
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.054
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2017

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Keywords

Calibration
Light detector
Light signals
Nuclear physics
Photoelectron
Photomultiplier response

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Dudkin, G. N., Kuznetsov, S. I., Nurkin, A., & Padalko, V. N. (2017). Method for studying the linearity of photomultipliers using noncalibrated light sources. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 875, 137-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.054

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