photocathode
noun
pho·to·cath·ode
ˌfō-tō-ˈka-ˌthōd 
: a cathode that emits electrons when exposed to radiant energy and especially light
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To accomplish this, the researchers created a photocathode – the component that creates photoelectric electrons – out of thin nanosheets of gallium arsenide crystals.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
Modern NVGs collect ambient and infrared light which is passed through a photocathode and turned into electrons.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024
While the part of the device that converted the photon to an electron is called a photocathode, this part that turns the volume up on the electron is known as the microchannel plate.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2023
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
Modern NVGs collect ambient and infrared light which is passed through a photocathode and turned into electrons.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024
While the part of the device that converted the photon to an electron is called a photocathode, this part that turns the volume up on the electron is known as the microchannel plate.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2023
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photocathode
noun
pho·to·cath·ode
-ˈkath-ˌōd
: a cathode (as in a photoelectric cell) that emits electrons when exposed to light or other radiation
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