Progress in soft X-ray and UV photocathodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2808, Issue , 1996, Pages 617-625

  Jelinsky, S R ^a   Siegmund, O H W ^a   Mir, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

microchannel plate; photocathode; quantum detection efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESPONSE; GOOD STABILITY; LONG WAVELENGTH; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; MICROCHANNEL PLATE DETECTOR; QUANTUM DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; UV PHOTOCATHODE;

ASTRONOMY; DETECTORS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; PHOTOCATHODES; X RAYS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0001650536     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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