Hamamatsu-photonics K.k.

Tsuneo Ihara

Toru Hirohata

Minoru Niigaki

Yoshihiko Mizushima

Kenichi Sugimoto

Koichiro Oba

Toshihiro Suzuki

Kuniyoshi Mori

Tomoko Suzuki

Yoshiyuki Natsume

Akihiko Ohtomo

A photocathode and an electron tube in which the photocathode plate can be securely fixed without using any adhesive. Even under the severe condition that a high vibration resistance is required or thermal stress occurs because of great temperature variation, it can be used widely for an image intensifier, a streak tube, or a photomultiplier. The photocathode plate of the photocathode is sandwiched between a faceplate and a support plate. First pins embedded in the faceplate are joined to the support plate. Therefore, the photocathode plate can be readily fixed securely to the faceplate without using any adhesive.

Photocathode and electron tube

A junction, such as a Schottky junction, is formed between a conductive electrode and a semiconductor. A bias voltage is applied between the conductive electrode and an outward-emission-side electrode formed on the semiconductor at the side opposite to the junction. Upon illumination, photoelectrons are internally emitted in the conductive electrode into the semiconductor, transported through the semiconductor, and emitted outward from the semiconductor surface, which has been so treated as to reduce the surface barrier height. The semiconductor is semi-insulating, or a p-n junction is formed therein.

Photoemitter

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Tsuneo Ihara