Abstract

Recent advances in microchannel plate technology and their application to image intensification have made real-time, quantum-limited imaging a practical reality for applications in optical microscopy. Detectors employing both optical and electrical outputs allow systems to be configured for video rate or real-time data acquisition. Properly implemented in conjunction with digital image processing systems, these detectors are capable of accurately imaging single photons and, through temporal accumulation, producing quantitative, high-quality images over an exceptionally wide dynamic range.

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Quantum efficiencies of imaging detectors with alkali halide photocathodes. 1: Microchannel plates with separate and integral CsI photocathodes

George R. Carruthers
Appl. Opt. 26(14) 2925-2930 (1987)

Persistence of phosphor glow in microchannel plate image intensifiers

Marsha R. Torr
Appl. Opt. 24(6) 793-795 (1985)

Self-scanned anode array with a microchannel plate electron multiplier: the SSANACON

A. Lyle Broadfoot and B. R. Sandel
Appl. Opt. 16(6) 1533-1538 (1977)

Single photon counting with a microchannel plate intensified integrated diode array

Murray Parkinson
Appl. Opt. 28(11) 2087-2096 (1989)

Hex–square moire patterns in imagers using microchannel plates

George M. Lawrence
Appl. Opt. 28(20) 4337-4343 (1989)