"Photonis Advanced Performance Detectors (APDs) are plug-and-play electo-optic assemblies which provide a complete housing, facilitating manufacturing assembly, repair or replacement to mass spectrometers and other machines.","Description","Photonis Advanced Performance Detectors (APDs) satisfy applications ranging from mass spectrometry to UV and X-ray astronomy. Most of these detector assemblies are designed for use in ultra-high vacuum systems and the 300°C temperatures reached during chamber cleaning, therefore saving time that would otherwise be required to remove the detector. Readout schemes - including photodiode array, phosphor screen, CCD camera, or direct electrical signal - are available.","Each one Photonis’ Advanced Performance Detectors (APDs) are equipped with one of our LongLife™ or MountingPad™ microchannel plates. MCPs range in size from 4 to 120mm and can be designed in many different shapes to fit into the APD. Mounting options include conflat and metric flanges, front-, rear- or side-mountable, feed-throughs, keyed hardware and SMA connectors. Other customization options include center hole, center tab, grid, metal (or multi metal) anode, resistive anode encoder, phosphor screen, and the option for a CMOS camera being mounted to the APD itself. Advanced Performance Detectors are used in some the world’s fastest Time-of-Flight detectors, in physics research experiments and on space missions. They are known to provide maximum sensitivity to enable detection of very low levels of photons, electrons, or ions. With Photonis’ APDs, you will be the first to discover."
"Electron Generator Arrays (EGAs) consist of millions of precision glass tubes fused together to produce a uniform and mechanically rigid structure.","EGAs can be used as the electron source in electron impact ionization source applications. This technology has the advantage of performing as a cold ionization source, which eliminates pyrolytic effects that occur when the heat generated by the filament chemically changes the unknown substances to be identified. Because each of the millions of pores produce electrons, the resultant electron flux is extremely uniform and dense.","Electrogen™ provides a simple alternative to traditional electron gun sources while supporting fine emission level control. It provides a cold ionization source that requires no heat-up or stabilization time before use, won't burn out, and requires little maintenance or cleaning. Its parallel beam generation is not sensitive to field strength changes while producing a high density, highly uniform emission pattern. When compared to an electron gun, the power consumption is extremely low, often less than a watt.","Because Electrogen™ electron generator arrays can be customized by size and shape - and extremely large emission areas can be achieved by tiling multiple units - you can be assured that your research or analysis is not affected by variables such as pyrolytics or flux."