The photocathode is the input surface of the tube, where the incident light is converted into an electron. They are members of the class of vacuum tubes, more specifically vacuum phototubes. Photomultipliers. Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are sensitive detectors used to measure very low levels of light. They are widely used in many fields, including medical imaging, nuclear and particle physics, and astronomy. PMTs are capable of detecting single photons and can amplify the signal by many orders of. A typical photo-multiplier tube consists of a photoemissive cathode (photocath-ode) followed by focusing electrodes, an electron multiplier and an electron collector (anode) in a vacuum tube, as shown in Fig-ure 1. Each dynode is kept at a higher positive voltage than.
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