Abstract

This paper uses the methods of electrical-circuit theory to analyze the extent to which the resistance of the interchannel gap of a microchannel plate, as well as the resistance and location of an interchannel junction, affects the current gain in channels with resistive coupling and the image-contrast transfer.

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