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NASA NTRS1990

Extreme ultraviolet quantum detection efficiency of rubidium bromide opaque photocathodes

Measurements are presented of the quantum detection efficiency (QDE) of three samples of RbBr photocathode layers over the 44-150-A wavelength range. The QDE of RbBr-coated microchannel plate (MCP) was measured using a back-to-back Z-stack MCP configuration in a detector with a wedge and strip position-sensitive anode, of the type described by Siegmund et al. (1984). To assess the stability of RbBr layer, the RbBr photocathode was exposed to air at about 30 percent humidity for 20 hr. It was found that the QDE values for the aged cathode were within the QDE measurement errors of the original values. A simple QDE model was developed, and it was found that its predictions are in accord with the QDE measurements.

Siegmund, Oswald H. W.↗
NASA NTRS1990

Photoelectron energy spectra of opaque photocathodes in the extreme and far ultraviolet

Measurements of the EUV quantum detection efficiency (QDE) of opaque RbBr, CsBr, and KBr photocathodes are described and investigations of their photoemission characteristics over the 44-1560 A wavelength range are reported. The results show that high QDEs can be obtained in the EUV. Narrow QDE peaks at soft X-ray wavelengths occur at slightly different wavelengths for each of the materials studied. The long-wavelength thresholds vary according to the material band gap. Data on the photoemission from the photocathode layer on the microchannel plate interchannel web area are used to determine the number and energy distribution of the emitted photoelelectrons as a function of wavelength.

Siegmund, Oswald H. W.↗
NASA NTRS2016

Planar Field Emitters and High Efficiency Photocathodes Based on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond

A method of forming a field emitter comprises disposing a first layer on a substrate. The first layer is seeded with nanodiamond particles. The substrate with the first layer disposed thereon is maintained at a first temperature and a first pressure in a mixture of gases which includes nitrogen. The first layer is exposed to a microwave plasma to form a nitrogen doped ultrananocrystalline diamond film on the first layer, which has a percentage of nitrogen in the range of about 0.05 atom % to about 0.5 atom %. The field emitter has about 10.sup.12 to about 10.sup.14 emitting sites per cm.sup.2. A photocathode can also be formed similarly by forming a nitrogen doped ultrananocrystalline diamond film on a substrate similar to the field emitter, and then hydrogen terminating the film. The photocathode is responsive to near ultraviolet light as well as to visible light.

Sumant, Anirudha V.↗
NASA NTRS1972

The III-V photocathode - A major detector development.

Description of new (III-V) photocathodes which show improvements in sensitivity of as much as ten to a hundred times over conventional cathodes in the near infrared and useful improvements at shorter wavelengths. The development stems from a combination of basic knowledge of the photoemission process, gained in the 1950s, and the advancing understanding of the technology of III-V materials, in the 1960s. The superior performance of these cathodes is due to the fact that the vacuum level at the surface lies below the bottom of the conduction band in the bulk of the material. Consequently, the threshold of response is set by the III-V bandgap. The bandgap (and the threshold of response) can be varied by alloying different III-V materials together. A reduction in thermionic emission is realized with these cathodes. At present no semitransparent III-V cathodes with comparably interesting performance are available. The problems hindering further improvements, as well as the problems of placing these cathodes in practical multipliers and image tubes, are discussed briefly.

Spicer, W. E.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Negative affinity X-ray photocathodes

A new X-ray image intensifier is described. The device should eventually have a quantum efficiency which is an order of magnitude greater than that of presently available high spatial resolution X-ray detectors, such as microchannel plates. The new intesifier is based upon a GaAs crystal photocathode which is activated to achieve negative electron affinity. Details concerning the detector concept are discussed together with the theoretical relations involved, X-ray data, and optical data.

Vanspeybroeck, L.↗
NASA NTRS1977

Image dissector photocathode solar damage test program

Image dissector sensors of the same type which will be used in the NASA shuttle star tracker were used in a series of tests directed towards obtaining solar radiation/time damage criteria. Data were evaluated to determine the predicted level of operability of the star tracker if tube damage became a reality. During the test series a technique for reducing the solar damage effect was conceived and verified. The damage concepts are outlined and the test methods and data obtained which were used for verification of the technique's feasibility are presented. The ability to operate an image dissector sensor with the solar image focussed on the photocathode by a fast optical lens under certain conditions is feasible and the elimination of a mechanical protection device is possible.

Smith, R. A.↗
NASA NTRS1988

Extreme ultraviolet quantum efficiency of opaque alkali halide photocathodes on microchannel plates

Comprehensive measurements are presented for the quantum detection efficiency (QDE) of the microchannel plate materials CsI, KBr, KCl, and MgF2, over the 44-1800 A wavelength range. QDEs in excess of 40 percent are achieved by several materials in specific wavelength regions of the EUV. Structure is noted in the wavelength dependence of the QDE that is directly related to the valence-band/conduction-band gap energy and the onset of atomic-like resonant transitions. A simple photocathode model allows interpretation of these features, together with the QDE efficiency variation, as a function of illumination angle.

Siegmund, O. H. W.↗