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Gated imagers used to record x-ray emission in the 1–5 keV range in laser-plasma interaction experiments have suffered from resistive gain degradation between voltage drive pulse input and output ends of a microchannel-plate stripline. The reduction in gain as the pulse travels down the strip results in a lower signal-to-background ratio in the last image on a strip than in the first image. Compensation for this gain nonuniformity using a tapered stripline in place of the normally straight striplines is discussed.
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Watt et al. (1994) studied this question.
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