DETECTORS FOR SCANNING VIDEO IMAGERS

Authors
WEBB RH HUGHES GW
Citation
Rh. Webb et Gw. Hughes, DETECTORS FOR SCANNING VIDEO IMAGERS, Applied optics, 32(31), 1993, pp. 6227-6235
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
32
Issue
31
Year of publication
1993
Pages
6227 - 6235
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1993)32:31<6227:DFSVI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Detectors for scanning video (10-MHz) imagers should be chosen for the ir high quantum efficiency and internal gain. Because of the high band width both photomultiplier tubes and avalanche photodiodes are limited by photon noise, so that dark noise is not the determining quantity.