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ADVANCES IN ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRON PHYSICS VOLUME 64B
Advances in
Electronics and Electron Physics EDITEDBY PETER W. HAWKES Laboratoire d’Optique Electronique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientijique, Toulouse, France
VOLUME 64B 1985
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Photo-Electronic Image Devices PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH SYMPOSIUM HELD AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 5-7, 1983
EDITEDBY
B. L. MORGAN The Bluckett Lahorutory, Imperial College, University of London, London, England
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CONTENTS CONTENTS OF VOLUMEA CONTRIBUTORS. . PREFACE. ABBREVIATIONS. .
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Microchannel Plate Intensifiers and Properties of Photocathodesand Phosphors Detection Efficiencies of Far-Ultraviolet Photon-Counting Detectors. By G. R. 299 CARRUTHERS A N D C. B. OPAL. High-Resolution and Large Size Wafer Microchannel Image Intensifier. By B. JEAN, 315 J. P. BOUTOT,V. DUCHENOIS, A N D R. POLAERT . A Two-Dimensional Photon-CountingTube. By M. KINOSHITA,K. KINOSHITA, K. 323 YAMAMOTO,A N D Y. SUZUKI. High Spatial and Temporal Resolution imaging with a Resistive Anode Photon L.SALAS,E. Rufz, G. F. BISIACCHI, Counter. By C. F I R MANI L.,GUTICRREZ, 33 I A N D F. PARESCE . . Output Energy Distribution of a Microchannel Plate. By N. KOSHIDA.M. 331 MIDORIKAWA, A N D Y. KIUCHI. Computer Analysis of the Temporal Properties of a Microchannel Plate Photomulti343 plier. By K. OBAA N D M. ITO. The MCP as a High-Energy Particle Track Detector. By K. OBA,P. REHAK,AND 355 D. M. POTTER . High-Resolution Luminescent Screens for Image intensifier Tubes. By V. 365 . DUCHENOIS, M. FOUASSIER, A N D c . PIAGET. Multialkali Effects and Polycrystalline Properties of Multialkali Antimonide Photo313 cathodes. By WU QUAN-DE A N D LlU LI-BIN Properties of a Photocathode with a Palladium Substrate. By ZHANGXIAOQIU, 385 PANGQICHANG, A N D LEI ZHIYUAN. The Luminous Efficiency of a Phosphor Layer in the Forward and Backward Direc393 tions. By A. G. DU TOITA N D C. F. VAN HUYSSTEEN . Study of ESBl and Sensitivity Characteristics of Ag-0-Cs Systems for Image Tubes. 403 By M. SRINIVASAN, M. D. VAIDYA, D. R. KULKARNI, A N D T. B. BHATIA . 41 1 A Near-infrared Photocathode. By TAOCHAO-MING.
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Television Systems and X-Ray Intensification
A Magnetic Focus Electrostatic Deflection Compact Camera Tube. By M. 415 . KURASHIGE,S. OKAZAKI, A N D C. Ocusu Pyroelectric Vidicons for Submillimeter Wavelengths. By W. M. WREATHALL. 425 An Amorphous Silicon Vidicon Tube. By B. L. JONES,J. BURRAGE, A N D R. 431 HOLTOM . A Physical Model of Heterostructure Targets for Camera Tubes. By M. JEDLICKA 447 AND F. SCHAUER . A Quality Figure for the Emission System in Camera Tubes. By SHENCHING-KAI, 463 FENGCHIH-TAO, TUNGKUN-LIN, A N D FANGER-LUN . V
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Recent Developments in Real-Time Image Processing. By R. AUBERT,B. BUHLER, A N D W. GEBAUER 469 The Evaluation of Silicon CCDs for