Cs_2Te紫外光电阴极带外光谱响应研究

Study on Spectral Response beyond Cut off of Cs_2Te Ultra Violet Photo Cathode

利用强光源作为激励,测量了Cs_2Te紫外光电阴极带外光谱响应。结果表明Cs_2Te紫外光电阴极的带外光谱响应较低,与带内光谱响应相比相差几个数量级。带内光谱响应的峰值灵敏度可以大于40 m A/W,但对带外光谱响应,如对550 nm的波长,其光谱响应可以低至10-3 m A/W数量级。对采用同样工艺所制作的Cs_2Te紫外光电阴极,其带外光谱响应的离散性较大。根据对3种不同可见光阴极,即Na2KSb（Cs）多碱光电阴极、K2Cs Sb双碱光电阴极以及Ga As（Cs-O）光电阴极带外光谱响应的测试,证明这3种可见光阴极均存在不同大小的带外光谱响应。测试数据表明,带外光谱响应与逸出功（正电子亲和势光电阴极）或禁带宽度（负电子亲和势光电阴极）的大小相关。逸出功越低或禁带宽度越小,带外光谱响应越大。根据光电发射的方程,可以推测出Cs_2Te紫外光电阴与上述3种可见光光电阴极一样,产生带外光谱响应的原因是多光子吸收,即多光子效应。由于Cs_2Te紫外光电阴极存在带外光谱响应,因此当采用Cs_2Te紫外光电阴极的“日盲”像增强器在强烈的太阳光下或直对太阳光使用时,会受到太阳光的干扰或看到太阳的像,不具备日盲特性。为了使“日盲”紫外像增强器完全具备日盲特性,需要“日盲”紫外像增强器Cs_2Te紫外阴极前增加“日盲”滤光片,利用“日盲”滤光片消去Cs_2Te紫外阴极的带外光谱响应达到“日盲”的目的。因此在实际应用过程中,“日盲”滤光片是必不可少的。“日盲”滤光片设计的依据是Cs_2Te紫外阴极对太阳辐射的响应度。Cs_2Te紫外阴极对太阳辐射的响应主要集中在350~650 nm之间,因此“日盲”滤光片主要应对该波段的可见光进行衰减。只有使用与Cs_2Te紫外阴极带外光谱响应相匹配的“日盲”滤光片才有可能使“日盲”紫外像增强器具备“日盲”特性。

With the strong light as the input, the spectral response beyond cut off of the Cs2Te ultraviolet photo cathode is measured. The results show that the spectral response of the Cs2Te cathode beyond cut off is lower, and is several orders of magnitude lower than that within the cutoff. The peak sensitivity of within cutoff can be greater than 40 mA/W, but the spectral response beyond cut off can be as low as 10-3mA/W order of magnitude at 550 nm wavelength. The divergence of spectral response beyond cut off of Cs2Te ultraviolet photo cathode made with the same process is large. According to the test of three different visible light photo cathode, namely Na2KSb （Cs）, KECsSb and GaAs （Cs-O）, it is proved that these three kinds of visible light photo cathode also have certain spectral response. The test data show that the spectral response beyond cut off is related to the size of the work function （positive electron affinity cathode） or the band gap （negative electron affinity cathode）. The smaller the work function or the band gap is, the greater the spectralresponse beyond cut off. The spectral response beyond cut off is a common phenomenon for photo cathode. The reason is that the effect of multiphoton absorption, i.e. multiphoton effect. Because Cs2Te photo cathodes are present spectral response beyond cut off, thus, when solar blind image intensifier adopting Cs2Te photo cathodes is used in the strong sun light or straight to the sun＇s light, detected signal would be disturbed by the light of the sun, or by the image of the sun like. Thus solar blind image intensifier does not have the sun blind characteristic. In order to make the solar blind ultraviolet image intensifier fully equipped with solar blind characteristic, solar blind filter is needed. Combining solar blind filter with spectral response of Cs2Te cathode beyond cut off, solar blind image intensifier can achieve complete solar blind. So in the practical application of ultra violet detecting, the solar blind filter is essential. One of the bases of the design of the solar blind filter is the response of the Cs2Te ultraviolet cathode to the solar radiation. The response of the Cs2Te ultraviolet cathode to the solar radiation is mainly concentrated in the 350-650 nm, so the solar blind filter is mainly used to attenuate the visible light. Only with solar blind filter matching with spectral response of Cs2Te cathode, can solar blind ultraviolet image intensifier be made completely solar blind.