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degradation in luminence gain [1 record]

Record 1 1996-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

With these materials, Litton devised its High Performance multichannel plate and by 1992, the company had built hundreds of wafer tubes with the plate, which on test, showed a degradation in luminence gain of less than nine per cent after 10000 operating hours, and 95 per cent of the infrared initial photocathode response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

Après 10000 heures de fonctionnement, Litton a mesuré une dégradation du gain de luminance de moins de 9% et une perte de 5% de la réponse infrarouge initiale de la photocathode ,les tubes et les plaques de multicanaux classiques ont des pertes respectives de 43% et 20% au bout du même temps de fonctionnement.

Spanish

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