A SOLAR-BLIND PHOTODIODE HAVING MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY IN THE MIDDLE ULTRAVIOLET

Abstract

A method is described for the production of photoelectric diodes having maximum sensitivity in the middle ultraviolet. These photodiodes are essentially solar blind. A thin layer of rubidium telluride is formed on the nickel cathode during the evacuation of the tubes. These cathodes showed high quantum efficiency at about 2200 to 2600 Angstroms and little or no sensitivity at wavelengths greater than 3400 Angstroms. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1961
Accession Number
AD0265930

Entities

People

  • G.g. Kretschmar

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diodes
  • Efficiency
  • Evacuation
  • Photodiodes
  • Production
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Rubidium
  • Sensitivity
  • Tellurides

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Quantum Computing