Characterization of CsI Photocathodes at Grazing Incidence for use in a Unit Quantum Efficiency X-ray Streak Camera

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5194, Issue , 2004, Pages 139-148

  Lowney, Donnacha P ^a,b   Heimann, Philip A ^a   Gullikson, E M ^a   MacPhee, Andrew G ^c   Falcone, Roger W ^c   Padmore, Howard A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular dependence; Cesium iodide; Detector; Electric field; Photocathode; Streak camera quantum efficiency

Indexed keywords

CESIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; X RAYS;

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; CESIUM IODIDE;

STREAK CAMERAS;

EID: 1842789162     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.503412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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