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Armenian Journal of Physics=Ֆիզիկայի հայկական հանդես
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Radio Frequency Photo Multiplier Tube
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK ; A. I. Alikhanyan National Scientific Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
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Physics ; Instruments, apparatus, components common to several branches of physics ; Electronics; radiowave and microwave technology; direct energy conversion and storage
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Recently a new photon detector the Radio Frequency Photo Multiplier Tube(RFPMT) was developed at Yerevan Physics Institute. The time resolution and minimal time bin for single photons detected by RFPMT is about a picosecond. The RFPMT can be operated at MHz rates and with a dedicated spiral scanning system operational rates can achive THz over a short interval of about 100 ns, while the longer term averaged rate would be at the GHz level. We propose to establish a new company in Armenia, for commercialization of RFPMTs and eventually to start developing of scientific and medical instruments based on RFPMTs, such as the RF-STED nanoscope; the diffuse optical tomography; the time-of-flight positron emission tomography and etc. for academic, research and clinical applications.