{"id":636,"date":"2022-09-24T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baspik.com\/?page_id=636"},"modified":"2025-06-22T14:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:21:41","slug":"microchannel-plates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Microchannel Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-position-bottom-center\" style=\"min-height:55vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#7c7372\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/big-3-mcp.webp\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"66% 48%\" style=\"object-position:66% 48%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/big-3-mcp.webp 1440w, https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/big-3-mcp-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/big-3-mcp-1024x498.webp 1024w, https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/big-3-mcp-768x373.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"with-text-shadow wp-block-post-title\">Microchannel Plates<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-emphasis\">A typical microchannel plate (MCP) is a glass disk consisting of a microchannel substrate and a solid rim border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to a complex of unique properties, MCPs are used in a wide variety of fields and areas of science and technology, but primarily to enhance electronic images in such night vision equipment as image intensifiers (IITs). MCP is a core element of IIT on which the night vision device (NVD) is built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-emphasis\">The microchannel plate as part of the night vision devices is the main factor for high quality images.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/quartzite-1024x282.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1851\" style=\"width:667px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearance of new generations of IITs is mainly related to the improvement of electronic parameters of microchannel plates used in their design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MCPs from VTC Baspik have low outgassing, high mechanical strength and long life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MCPs are used to amplify weak signals and determine position parameters of particles in a variety of image detectors, as part of photoelectronic and X-ray vacuum devices, field-ion microscopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A distinctive feature of MCPs and MCP-detectors is their high sensitivity to electron flux, ions, fast response time resulting from the short (subnanosecond) electron transit time, and low dark count density.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"structure\">The structure and operating principle of MCPs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bea02a06 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/mcp_en.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible applications for MCPs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>diagnostic, monitoring, and control systems for charged particle beams at accelerators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>medical nuclear diagnosis and treatment instruments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>devices for non-destructive inspection and analysis of substances in semiconductor, food-processing, pharmaceutical industries, toxicological and drug control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>systems for oil and gas exploration, atomic analysis of metals and alloys<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>photon counting detectors for space research systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>VTC Baspik manufactures microchannel plates with 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 \u03bcm channels of different designs: circular, square, rectangular, with a central hole, complex configurations and different overall dimensions. Channel diameter variation does not exceed 1%. It is also possible to apply various coatings (CsI, KBr, MgO, Au) on the MCP surface and produce them in a variety of overall dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3mcps-1024x235.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2761\" style=\"width:828px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"detect-features\">MCP Detection Capabilities <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The MCP is capable of detecting input events of various physical nature, including ultraviolet and X-ray radiation, as well as penetrating nuclear radiation: fluxes of protons, neutrons and other particles, convert them into electron fluxes, which are further amplified in the MCP channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Efficiency of application of MCPs for different tasks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Types of radiation<\/th><th>Energy and wavelength<\/th><th>Detection efficiency (%)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Electron<\/td><td>0.2 keV &#8211; 2 keV<br>2 keV &#8211; 50 keV<\/td><td>50- 85<br>10- 60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ion (H\u207a, He\u207a, Ar\u207a)<\/td><td>0.5 keV &#8211; 2 keV<br>2 keV &#8211; 50 keV<br>50 keV &#8211; 200 keV<\/td><td>5 &#8211; 58<br>&nbsp;60 &#8211; 85<br>&nbsp;4 &#8211; 60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>UV<\/td><td>300 \u00c5 &#8211; 1100 \u00c5<br>&nbsp;1100 \u00c5 &#8211; 1500 \u00c5<\/td><td>5- 15<br>1- 5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Soft X-ray radiation<\/td><td>2 \u00c5 &#8211; 50 \u00c5<\/td><td>5 &#8211; 15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hard X-ray radiation<\/td><td>0.12 \u00c5 &#8211; 0.2 \u00c5<\/td><td>Up to&nbsp; 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>High energy particles (\u03c1, \u03c0)<\/td><td>1 GeV &#8211; 10 GeV<\/td><td>Up to&nbsp; 95<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neutron<\/td><td>2.5 MeV &#8211; 14 MeV<\/td><td>0.14 &#8211; 0.64<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick links:<\/h5>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-page-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/circular-mcps\/\">Circular MCPs<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/circular-mcps\/mcps-for-image-intensifier-tubes\/\">MCPs for Image Intensifier Tubes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/circular-mcps\/detector-type-mcps\/\">Detector Type MCPs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/rectangular-mcps\/\">Rectangular MCPs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/mcp-based-collimators\/\">MCP-based Collimators<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/spherical-mcps\/\">Spherical MCPs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/baspik.com\/en\/products\/microchannel-plates\/customized-mcps\/\">Customized MCPs<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A typical microchannel plate (MCP) is a glass disk consisting of a microchannel substrate and a solid rim border. 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