7. Literature References

More internet references are listed in section 9. Links

1. Light and Radiation

Advanced:
Hecht, Eugene, 2002. Optics (4th edition, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, USA) 698 pp.
Demtröder, Wolfgang, 2006. Atoms, Molecules and Photons. An Introduction to Atomic-, Molecular- and Quantum-Physics (Springer, Berlin) 570 pp.
The Optics Problem Solver (Research and Education Association (REA), 1981) 818 pp.
Hobbs, Philip C. D., 2009. Building Electro-optical Systems (2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) 799 pp.

 

Historical:
RCA phototubes and photocells, Technical Manual PT-60.
Vacuum and gas photodiodes, multiplier tubes, solid-state photocells.
Publisher: RCA Electronic Components and Devices, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 1963. 195 pp.
URL: documents/RCA-Phototubes-Photocells-1963.pdf
RCA Photomultiplier Manual PT61.
Design, characteristics and applications of photomultiplier tubes; photometric and radiometric principles.
Publisher: RCA Electro-Optics and Devices, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 1970. 193 pp.
URL: documents/RCA-Photomultiplier-Manual-1970.pdf
Photomultiplier Handbook.
Design, characteristics and applications of photomultiplier tubes.
Publisher: RCA Electro-Optics and Devices, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 1970. 179 S.
URL: documents/BURLE-Photomultiplier-Handbook-1989.pdf
EMI Photomultiplier Tubes.
Photomultiplier tubes and windowless electron multipliers.
Publisher: EMI Electronics Ltd, Electron Tube Division. Hayes, Middlesex, England. 1970. 66 S.
URL: documents/EMI_Photomultiplier_Tubes_1970.pdf
Photomultipliers - then and now. Author: R.W. Engstrom
Photomultipliers: Starting as a very small research effort, they've become a large and diverse business.
RCA Engineer, Vol. 24(1), 18-39, 1978.
URL: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/ARCHIVE-RCA/RCA-Engineer/1978-06-07.pdf