Abstract:
THE SPECIFICATION DESCRIBES A NEW TYPE OF PHOTOCATHODE COMPRISING A SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE-ARRAY LIGHT SENSING ELEMENT IN COMBINATION WITH A PHOTOEMISSIVE COATING. THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF ELECTRON EMISSION FROM THE PHOTOEMITTER IS CONTROLLED BY THE LOCALIZED FIELD IN THE DIODE ARRAY. THE LOCAL INTENSITY OF THIS FIELD GIVES A SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IMAGE INCIDENT ON THE DIODE ARRAY. WITH A SILICON DIODE ARRAY INFRARED AND X-RAY RESPONSE ARE INHERENT.
Abstract:
The specification describes injection lasers employing heterosemiconductor structures for obtaining an enlarged crosssectional area cavity defined by an optical waveguide terminated by the cleaved faces of the semi-conductor structure (usually known as mirrors). The enlarged area of the cavity allows higher power output from the laser for the same power density on the mirrors. The power density is limited by damage to the mirrors. The waveguide produces an output consisting of two plane wave lobes for each mode. Techniques for mode enhancement are described from which higher ultimate power for a single mode and higher efficiency can e predicted without exciting modes of other order. Separation between the thresholds of competing modes can be enhanced, for example, by placing a spherical reflector in the path of one output lobe to focus the energy back into the original cavity while at the same time aperturing the mirror to block modes of other order. This expedient is based upon the uniqueness of the lobe angle for a given mode. Also described is a technique for combining the dual lobe output characteristic of this laser structure by using a beam splitter in reverse.
Abstract:
The specification describes a flat panel gaseous discharge display device in which the display illumination is formed at least in part by luminescence resulting from excitation of an appropriate phosphor by low energy electrons drawn from a glow discharge. To provide scan, the discharge is either itself moving in stepwise fashion between discrete cells or is a secondary discharge primed by a scanning discharge and triggered by the display information signal. Varying the current through the phosphor produces gray scale. Illumination from the gaseous discharge may be mixed with the phosphor for color balance and increased brightness. The phosphor can be divided into color stripes with means for selective energization of the stripes to form a color display.