A @V06586@ with additional amplification by electron multiplication. It consists of a photocathode, a series of dynodes, called a dynode chain on which a secondary-electron multiplication process occurs, and an @A00370@. According to the desired @R05345@, transit time, time spread, gain, or low @R05347@, different types of dynode structures have been developed, e.g. circular @C00769@ structure, linear focused structure, venetian blind structure, box and grid structure. Some special dynode structures permit combination with additional electric or magnetic fields. A strip dynode photomultiplier tube consists of a photocathode followed by thin dynode material on an insulating substrate. In a continuous-strip photomultiplier, two strip dynodes are arranged in parallel. A potential applied to the ends of the two strips produces an electric field across the continuous strip dynodes, giving rise to electron multiplication along the dynodes. In a @R05315@-strip magnetic photomultiplier, a uniform magnetic field is applied to the planes of the strips, so that the electrons travel in the crossed electric and magnetic fields. A channel photomultiplier tube photocathode consists of a @C00970@ electron multiplier (CEM) system for the photoelectrons, and an @A00370@ to collect the final electron current. The basic part of the CEM is a tube with a semiconducting inner surface. In general it is curved in order to inhibit the @A00051@ of positive ions towards the photocathode. A number of small channels called microchannels can be constructed in arrays for imaging applications.