Photon counting III-V hybrid photomultipliers using transmission mode photocathodes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 672-678

  La Rue, Ross A ^b   Costello, Kenneth A ^b   Davis, Gary A ^a,b   Edgecumbe, John P ^b   Aebi, Verle W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Intevac Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ION BOMBARDMENT; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING; SHOT NOISE;

DIODE ANODE STRUCTURE; ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT; PHOTON COUNTING; SOLID STATE AVALANCHING; TRANSMISSION MODE PHOTOCATHODES;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0031125587     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.563374     Document Type: Article

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