In the IRF, the bump is common. These bumps are called afterpulses. The bumps are caused by regular photoelectrons that are scattered at the first dynode of a PMT or at the front face of the channel plate of an MCP PMT, and re-enter the amplification system with a delay of a few picoseconds or nanosec. The difference compared to true afterpulses is that such scattered photoelectrons are not related to a previously detected photon. They are thus recorded and, because they are delayed, cause said bumps in the IRF.