• DocumentCode
    2559790
  • Title

    Large area, high speed phototube with a GaAsP photocathode and GaAs metal-semiconductor-metal anode

  • Author

    Yost, T.A. ; Herczfeld, P.R. ; Contarino, V.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Microwave & Lightwave Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 1998
  • Firstpage
    90
  • Lastpage
    92
  • Abstract
    This paper concerns the development of a large area (8 mm diameter), high speed (3 GHz) phototube with gain (170 Amps/watt) with applications in hybrid lidar-radar, free space optical communications and medical imaging.
  • Keywords
    Schottky diodes; anodes; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; photocathodes; photodetectors; photodiodes; 8 mm; GaAs; GaAs metal-semiconductor-metal anode; GaAsP; GaAsP photocathode; Schottky diode; bandwidth; current transport model; free space optical communications; gain; hybrid lidar-radar; intensified photodiode; interdigital MSM anode; large area high speed phototube; medical imaging; photodetector; quantum efficiency; Anodes; Bandwidth; Biomedical imaging; Cathodes; Electron beams; Gallium arsenide; Optical fiber communication; Photoelectricity; Schottky diodes; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 1998. MWP '98. International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Princeton, NJ, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4936-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.1998.745533
  • Filename
    745533