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US 4,039,877 AGranted
Image intensifier with fiber optic faceplates sealed with indium-bismuth alloy
AssigneeInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
InventorJack D. Wimmer
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently processing vacuum tubes containing microchannel plate electron multipliers. The vacuum tube body containing the microchannel plate is thermally treated under vacuum prior to sealing the tube faceplates by means of reversible melted metal seals.
Claims2
An image intensifier tube comprising:
- an open-ended tube body:
- a microchannel plate electron multiplier within said tube body;
- a fiber optic faceplate containing a layer of phosphor material sealed to one end of said tube body by means of an alloy of indium and bismuth;
- and
- a fiber optic faceplate having a layer of photocathode material sealed to another end of said tube body by means of an alloy of indium and bismuth.
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