PlantBoy
Electrical
- Aug 16, 2007
- 14
♫ What is it good for? ♫
I have been taking apart an old microscope and one of the components inside it was a strange vacuum tube device. My inclinations was that it was some manner of Spectroscope or Camera, maybe both but I'm not sure. My supervisor suggested that it might be a photomultiplier which, after looking it up, I would tend to agree.
So, what are Photomultiplier Tubes used for? (Pics related)
I have been taking apart an old microscope and one of the components inside it was a strange vacuum tube device. My inclinations was that it was some manner of Spectroscope or Camera, maybe both but I'm not sure. My supervisor suggested that it might be a photomultiplier which, after looking it up, I would tend to agree.
So, what are Photomultiplier Tubes used for? (Pics related)
![IMAG0131_q870ub.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/v1464349391/tips/IMAG0131_q870ub.jpg)
![IMAG0130_wkk6ym.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/engineering-com/image/upload/v1464349575/tips/IMAG0130_wkk6ym.jpg)