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Microwave field influence on the EMI 9656B photomultiplier tubes and NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator

M. MOGILDEA1, G. MOGILDEA1,*

Affiliation

  1. Institute of Space Science, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania

Abstract

We tested the influence of microwave field on a cosmic ray detector which consist of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) type EMI 9656B and a NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator. We investigated the PMT output signal when the PMT is optically coupled with NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator and when the PMT is separate of NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator. We found that the PMT generates output signal to PMT anode when is exposed to a microwave field. When the PMT is optically coupled with NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator the PMT anode amplitude increases. As microwave source we used a commercial magnetron, which emits 2.45 GHz frequency with 800W microwave power and a cylindrical waveguide having TM011 propagation mode..

Keywords

Microwave field, Photomultiplier tube, Scintillator, Cylindrical waveguide.

Citation

M. MOGILDEA, G. MOGILDEA, Microwave field influence on the EMI 9656B photomultiplier tubes and NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 12, 11-12, November-December 2018, pp.713-718 (2018).

Submitted at: May 10, 2018

Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2018