A photomultiplier tube with sensitivity in the entire terahertz- and infrared frequency range

Simon L. Lange; Naoya Kawai; Peter U. Jepsen

doi:10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8874560

A photomultiplier tube with sensitivity in the entire terahertz- and infrared frequency range

Simon L. Lange, Naoya Kawai, Peter U. Jepsen

Hamamatsu Medical Center

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We present here for the first time a photomultiplier tube (PMT), which is sensitive to light in the entire terahertz (THz)- and infrared frequency range. The PMT consists of a meta-material-based photocathode and a dynode electron multiplier system kept under vacuum. The photocathode principle is based on ultrafast electron cold field emission (CFE). This principle makes the PMT sensitive to the electric field of the incident radiation. The PMT therefore gives direct access to a host of characteristics of the incident radiation such as polarization, absolute polarity and absolute peak electric field strength with few-ns time resolution. Due to an ongoing patent submission process at the time of writing, this abstract is stripped of core technical information which will be presented at the conference.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	1 Sept 2019
Article number	8874560
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538682852
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8874560
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019
Event	44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves - Paris, France Duration: 1 Sept 2019 → 6 Sept 2019 Conference number: 44

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Conference	44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
Number	44
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	01/09/2019 → 06/09/2019

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Lange, SL, Kawai, N & Jepsen, PU 2019, A photomultiplier tube with sensitivity in the entire terahertz- and infrared frequency range. in Proceedings of 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves., 8874560, IEEE, 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Paris, France, 01/09/2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8874560

A photomultiplier tube with sensitivity in the entire terahertz- and infrared frequency range. / Lange, Simon L.; Kawai, Naoya; Jepsen, Peter U.
Proceedings of 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. IEEE, 2019. 8874560.

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