New Detector for the Vacuum Ultraviolet
- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 33 (9), 911-913
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1718023
Abstract
A new method is described for detecting vacuum uv radiation. This radiation is converted to visible light in two steps, the first being creation of photoelectrons at a high voltage cathode, the second consisting of stopping these electrons in a scintillator at ground potential. The visible scintillations are detected with a standard photomultiplier. The system has been compared with a sodium salicylate detector, using a vacuum uv monochromator and a steady light source. Spectral lines between 500 and 1300 Å have readily been recorded. Compared to other systems, the new detector offers a number of advantages which are discussed. Preliminary results for pulsed light sources indicate that the method is also useful for studying phenomena whose time scales are of the order of 1 μsec.Keywords
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