vacuum phototube

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.V06586
A @P04612@ inside an evacuated envelope with a transparent window, the photocathode, and the @A00370@. The photocathode can be opaque or semitransparent.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1752 [Terms] [Paper]