Abstract
Because of its fast scintillation peaked at 220 nm with a decay time of less than 0.6 ns, barium fluoride crystals have attracted broad interest in the community pursuing ultrafast detectors for future high energy physics (HEP) experiments and GHz hard X-ray imaging for future X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) facilities. A crucial issue for its application is the spectral response of photodetectors down to vacuum ultraviolet (VUV). In this article, we compare quantum efficiency (QE) and photon detection efficiency (PDE) spectra measured for several ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors down to 200 nm. Their figures of merit on the detection efficiency for the fast component and the suppression of the slow component are also discussed.
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