Results from Cs activated GaN photocathode development for MCP detector systems at NASA GSFC

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5164, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-164

  Norton, Timothy ^a,b   Woodgate, Bruce ^b   Stock, Joseph ^c   Hilton, George ^a   Ulmer, Mel ^d   Aslam, Shahid ^b   Vispute, R D ^e  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectors; Microchannel plates; Negative electron affinity; Photocathodes; Photon counting

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOEMISSION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON CARBIDE; SUBSTRATES; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

MICROCHANNEL PLATES; NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY; PHOTON-COUNTING;

PHOTOCATHODES;

EID: 1842479297     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.507528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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