The Novel ABALONE Photosensor Technology: 4-Year Long Tests of Vacuum Integrity, Internal Pumping and Afterpulsing

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The ABALONE Photosensor Technology (U.S.

• Patent 9064678 2015) has the capability of supplanting the expensive 80 year old Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) manufacture by providing a modern and cost effective alternative product.
• An ABALONE Photosensor comprises only three monolithic glass components, sealed together by our new thin film adhesive.
• In 2013, we left one of the early ABALONE Photosensor prototypes intact for continuous stress testing, and here we report its long term vacuum integrity.