Abstract:
An acoustic transducer which produces a direct current output signal suitable for capacitive storage is described. Incident acoustic energy is converted to a surface wave in a piezoelectric rod. A first slab of semiconductor material lying in close proximity to the surface of the rod forms a traveling wave amplifier. Energy is coupled from the amplifier bias circuit to the surface wave. A second slab of semiconductor material lying proximate to the piezoelectric rod forms a traveling wave attenuator. Energy coupled from the surface wave to the attenuator changes the conductivity of the second semiconductor slab. Direct current flow in the attenuator bias circuit varies in proportion to the incident acoustic wave intensity. In a second embodiment a reference surface wave is mixed with the output of the traveling wave amplifier. The piezoelectric rod is stressed into a non-linear region producing a direct current output signal which is proportional to the intensity of the incident acoustic energy.
Abstract:
An electron gun transforms a round beam of electrons into a sheet beam by employing a pair of curved deflecting plates positioned between two spaced anodes of a final unipotential lens of the gun.
Abstract:
A secondary electron energy analyzer employs a pair of spaced coaxial cylinders with entrance and exit slots in the inner cylinder, the distance between the slots and the potential between the cylinders being such that secondary electrons emitted from a specimen located at a point on the axis of the cylinders enter the space between the cylinders at the entrance slot and are focused at the exit slot. An electron multiplier is located within the inner cylinder to receive the focused electrons. The outer cylinder may be split into two portions, each with its individual slots and operated at slightly different potentials, so that electrons of different energies are focused at the two exit slots, measurement of the difference in the outputs from the two portions yielding the derivative of the energy distribution curve of secondary electrons.