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conference LAPD Collaboration Meeting   from Thursday 15 October 2009 (08:15)
to Friday 16 October 2009 (17:30) (US/Central)
at ANL ( Bldg. 360, Rm. A-224 )
support: nlarue@anl.gov
 

Thursday 15 October 2009 toptop

08:15->08:30    Welcome and Reception
08:15 Welcome (05') Karen Byrum (ANL)
08:20 Organization and Milestones (10') (pdf) Robert Wagner (ANL)

08:30->10:25    Session 1: Light Collection and Photocathodes (Convener: Zikri Yusof )
08:30 Status of Biakali Photo-Cathodes (25') (ppt) Ossy Siegmund (SSL)
09:00 Status of III-V and Nano-Scale Photo-Cathodes at ANL (25') (ppt) Klaus Attenkofer (ANL)
09:30 Making Photo-Cathodes with ALD at ANL (15') Thomas Proslier (IIT/ANL)
09:50 Plans for Minimizing Reflection and Transmission Losses at the Window Interfaces (15') (ppt) Ossy Siegmund (SSL)
10:10 Design and Simulated Performance of Reflection Photo-Cathode MCP Geometries (15') (pdf) Valentin Ivanov
10:30 
Break (Bldg. 360, Rm. C-232 )

10:45->11:55    Session 2: Micro-channel Plates-I: Substrates (Convener: Anton Tremsin )
10:45 Status of Incom Glass Substrates (20') Proxy for Michael Minot (Incom)
11:10 Status of AAO Substrates at ANL (20') (ppt) Hau Wang (ANL)
11:35 Status of AAO Substrates at Synkera (20') (pdf) Dmitri Routkevitch (Synkera)

12:00->13:15    Lunch (Location: ANL Cafeteria )

13:15->15:00    Session 3: Micro-channel Plates-II: Amplification (Convener: Bob Wagner (ANL) )
13:15 The Direction of the E-field in Glass Pores (20') (ppt) Sergey Antipov (ANL)
13:45 Intro of ALD Microchannel Plate Program at ANL (15') (ppt) Jeff Elam (ANL)
14:00 Status and results of ALD Microchannel Plate Program (15') (ppt) Qing Peng (ANL)
14:20 Status of ALD Secondary Electron Emission Program at Arradiance (20') (pdf) Neal Sullivan (Arradiance)
14:45 Metallizing and End-spoiling the MCP's (15') (ppt) Jeff Elam (ANL)
15:00 
Break (Bldg. 360, Rm. C-232 )

15:30->16:50    Session 4: Testing and Measurements (Convener: Bernhard Adams )
15:30 33mm MCP and Photocathode Test Results at APS (20') (pdf) Matt Wetstein (ANL/UC)
15:50 33mm MCP Test Result history and plans at SSL (20') (pptx) Jason McPhate (SSL)
16:10 Argonne Laser Test Stand and DAQ Status and Plans (20') (pdf) Ed May (ANL)
16:30 Anode Bandwidth/Impedance-Matching Tests (20') (pdf) Michael Baumer (UC) , Zhongian Dai (UC)

16:50->18:00    Tours of ALD, Characterization, APS, and other ANL Facilities (Location: Various )
18:30 
Dinner at Guest House (Argonne Guest House )

Friday 16 October 2009 toptop

08:30->09:55    Session 5: Material Characterization (Convener: Igor Veryovkin )
08:30 Overview of MCP Requirements: Resistive Layer and SEE (30') (ppt) Anton Tremsin (SSL)
09:00 Comparison and Discussion of Candidate SEE Materials (10') (ppt) Zeke Insepov
09:15 Status of the Characterization Program at ANL (25') (ppt) Alex Zinovev
09:45 Coordinating Characterization and 33mm Testing (10') Ossy Siegmund (SSL) , Matt Wetstein (ANL/UC)
10:15 
Break (Bldg. 360, Rm. C-232 )

10:30->12:00    Session 6: Electronics and Integration (Convener: John Anderson (ANL) )
10:30 Status of the 4-channel 0.13-micron Sampling ASIC (25') (ppt) Jean-Francois Genat (UC)
11:00 Status of Test Card and Test Facilities at Hawaii (15') (pdf) Larry Ruckman (Hawaii)
11:20 Status of Testing at UC (15') (pdf) Eric Oberla, Sam Meeham
11:40 Integration of Front-end Electronics with the Detector (15') (ppt) Herve Grabas (UC)

12:30->13:30    Lunch (Location: ANL Cafeteria )

13:30->15:25    Session 7: Mechanical and Electrical Progress (Convener: Bob Stanek (ANL) )
13:30 Status of the Ceramic Detector Assembly at SSL (25') (pptx) Jason McPhate (SSL)
14:00 Status of the Glass-Body Mechanical Assembly: Options A and E (15') (ppt) Rich Northrop (EFI)
14:20 Anode Fabrication Status (25') (pdf) Bob Wagner (ANL)
14:50 Test Results on Sealing in Options A & E (35') (ppt) Dean Walters (ANL)
15:30 
Break (Bldg. 360, Rm. C-232 )

15:45->17:00    Session 8: Sealed Tube Assembly (Convener: Anatoly Ronzhin )
15:45 Status of Vacuum Process Facilities at SSL (15') (ppt) Sharon Jelinsky (SSL)
16:05 ALD-based MCP Outgassing Test Results & Getter Specs/Tests (25') (ppt) Dean Walters (ANL)
16:35 Status of Transfer 'Vacuum Suitcases'/Loadlocks (10') (ppt) Igor Veryovkin (ANL)
16:50 Plans for Tests of Bialkali Photocathodes in Ar or N2 (10') Discussion (All)

17:05->17:30    Session 9: Summary (Convener: karen byrum (astro) )
17:05 Godparent Committees, Reviews, and Revisiting the Milestones (05') Henry Frisch (EFI/ANL)
17:15 Discussion of Responsibilities, Organization, Priorities, Resources, Lacunae (15') All