Project Title:

Manufacturing Large-Area, High-Gain Microchannel Plates

08.13-5411
Manufacturing Large-Area, High-Gain Microchannel Plates
Detector Technology Inc.
PO Box K-300
Brookfield
MA
01506
Thomas J.
Loretz
(508-867-5411)
GSFC

Abstract:

A prototype of a revolutionary new instrument design has been developed as a manufacturing
means for both large- and small-format, high-gain microchannel plates (MCP's). The
method used for manufacture has been called the shear method. Considerable research
is needed to address the many parameters which govern the successful application
of this instrument to the task of fabricating a "sheared" MCP blank. This project
will test and evaluate all aspects of the instrument design theory for 25 mm and
40 mm wafer shears and provide the foundation for future research into 75 mm plates.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications:  A variety of applications could exist in the
fields of particle physics, space physics, analytical chemistry, and nuclear chemistry.