Publications by Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler

A comprehensive analysis of electron emission from a-Si:H/Al2O3 at low energies

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler, Samira Alexandra Frey, Mohamed Belhaj

Recently developed microchannel plates (MCPs) based on amorphous silicon offer potential advantages with respect to glass based ones. In this context, secondary electron emission (SEE) at very low energies below 100 eV has been studied for relevant materia ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

Single photon detection with amorphous silicon-based microchannel plates: A Monte Carlo model

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler, Samira Alexandra Frey

Microchannel plates based on amorphous silicon have the inherent capability to overcome the existing spatial and temporal resolution limitations of single photon detectors. A Monte Carlo model-based study is presented here that serves to exploit their full ...

2022

Towards Single Photon Detection with Amorphous Silicon Based Microchannel Plates

Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler

An exciting new approach for microchannel plate (MCP) detectors could help make them suitable for single photon detection. State-of-the-art clean room technology allows amorphous silicon based microchannel plates (AMCPs) to take a variety of shapes. This v ...

EPFL2021

Fabrication and Characterization of High Aspect Ratio Amorphous Silicon Based Microchannel Plates

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler, Samira Alexandra Frey, Mohammad Beygi

This contribution focuses on the fabrication and characterization of microchannel plates made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (AMCPs). Flexible fabrication processes and the semi-conducting nature of amorphous silicon could give these detectors the advan ...

2021

Monte Carlo Modeling of Electron Multiplication in Amorphous Silicon Based Microchannel Plates

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler, Mohamed Belhaj

Amorphous silicon based microchannel plates are being developed to overcome performance limits of conventional microchannel plates. They offer a new flexibility and ease of fabrication. A comprehensive AMCP model is being constructed to analyze the perform ...

IEEE2019

Characterization of Amorphous Silicon Based Microchannel Plates with High Aspect Ratio

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler, Samira Alexandra Frey

Microchannel plates (MCPs) fabricated out of hydrogenated amorphous silicon offer a promising alternative to conventional lead glass ones. Progress in the fabrication process has allowed for detectors with higher aspect ratios, which significantly increase ...

IEEE2019

Amorphous silicon-based micro-channel plate detectors with high multiplication gain

Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Würsch, Janina Christine Isabelle Löffler

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