The `Gen-II' LAPPD$^{TM}$: Large-Area Ceramic-Body Planar MCP-based Photo-Detectors

Not scheduled
20m
Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg (Heidelberg)

Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Neckarstaden 24 69117 Heidelberg Germany
Poster new technologies Poster (participating in poster prize competition)

Speaker

Andrey ELAGIN (University of Chicago)

Description

Large-Area Picosecond Photo-Detectors (LAPPD) can enhance scientific reach of future liquid-based neutrino detectors by allowing for optical tracking and event topology reconstruction. In order to enable high volume production of LAPPD to provide sufficient photo-coverage in future large-scale experiments the next generation of LAPPD is being developed. The Gen-II LAPPD is a 20x20 cm$^2$ MCP-based photo-detector that has a monolithic ceramic detector base with an anode capacitively coupled through a thin metal film to an application specific readout pattern outside of the vacuum package. We discuss the development, including recent progress in producing a photo-cathode on the detector window using the air-transfer process. We have demonstrated the feasibility of several critical process steps including demonstration of cesium transport from a source outside of the detector package to the entire surface of the detector window in the presence of two full-size MCPs inside the detector.
Session and Location Monday Session, Poster Wall #114 (Auditorium Gallery Left)
Poster included in proceedings: yes

Primary authors

Andrey ELAGIN (University of Chicago) Eric Spieglan (University of Chicago) Evan Angelico (University of Chicago) Henry Frisch (University of Chicago)

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