Claims
- 1. A micro random channel plate device suitable for use in an electron multiplier, comprising:
- a substrate having on at least one surface thereof a performing substance layer of 10 .mu.m to 3000 .mu.m thickness comprising a plurality of randomly situated randomly orientated crystallite dynodes having interspersed therebetween a plurality of random microchannels, said microchannels composed of open space, the average electron track length L of said microchannels being greater than 2 .mu.m and less than said thickness of said performing substance layer, said microchannel plate device having a gain in excess of 10.sup.4, and a dark current less than 0.2 sec.sup.-1 cm.sup.-2, wherein said performing substance layer has a density of from 0.3% to about 4% of the density of the performing substance when in a monocrystalline state.
- 2. The micro random channel plate device of claim 1 wherein the dark current of said micro random channel plate device is less than 0.2 sec.sup.-1 cm.sup.-2 and the gain of said device is greater than 10.sup.4 at an operating pressure of 10.sup.-2 torr.
- 3. The micro random channel plate device of claim 1, wherein said substrate comprises a microchannel plate device.
- 4. A micro random channel plate device, comprising:
- a) a substrate;
- b) a performing substance layer on said substrate, said performing substance layer comprising a plurality of randomly situated dynodes interspersed with open space constituting random microchannels;
- wherein said performing substance layer generates secondary electron emission in the presence of an electric field in response to an incident electron.
- 5. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein said performing substance layer is a deposited substance wherein the apparent density of said performing substance layer is from 0.3% to 4% of the density of the substance deposited when said substance is in the monocrystalline state.
- 6. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein the apparent density of said performing substance layer is from 0.5% to 2% of the density of the substance when in the monocrystalline state.
- 7. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein said dynode layer has a thickness of from 1 .mu.m to 3000 .mu.m.
- 8. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein the dark current of said micro random channel plate device is less than 0.2 sec.sup.-1 cm.sup.-2 and the gain of said device is greater than 10.sup.4 at an operating pressure of 10.sup.-2 torr.
- 9. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein said dynodes comprise crystals of said deposition substance.
- 10. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein said dynodes comprise crystallites of said deposition substance.
- 11. The micro random channel plate of claim 1 wherein said substrate is a microchannel plate device.
- 12. The micro random channel plate device of claim 1, wherein said performing substance layer consists of a Group Ia metal halide.
- 13. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4, wherein said performing substance layer consists of a Group Ia metal halide.
- 14. The micro random channel plate device of claim 5 wherein said performing substance layer consists of a Group Ia metal halide.
- 15. The micro random channel plate device of claim 4 wherein said performing substance is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal halides, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal sulfides, alkaline earth metal halides, alkaline earth metal oxides, alkaline earth metal sulfides, Group IIIa metal halides, Group IIIa metal oxides, Group IIIa metal sulfides, and mixtures thereof.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/440,754 filed on May 15, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,624,706, which is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/321,042 filed Oct. 5, 1994, now abandoned, which was a continuation of Ser. No. 08/092,083 filed Jul. 15, 1993.
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