Berger, H.Besson, P.Bourgeois, P.Braem, A.Breskin, A.Buzulutskov, A.Chechik, R.Chesi, E.Coluzza, C.Ferreiramarques, R.Friese, J.Gillitzer, A.Gustafsson, H. A.Hejny, W.Homolka, J.Kuehn, W.Ljubicic, A.Komor, P. M.Malamud, G.Margaritondo, G.Martinelli, R.Dimauro, A.Mine, P.Nappi, E.Novotny, R.Oskarsson, A.Paic, G.Piuz, F.Policarpo, A.Posa, F.Peruzzo, L.Ribeiro, R. S.Riess, S.Santiard, J. C.Sartori, P.Sartori, G.Schukraft, J.Scognetti, T.Sgobba, S.Svensson, O.Tustonic, T.Valentini, A.Vartsky, D.Vasileiadis, G.Divenere, F.Zeitelhack, K.2006-10-032006-10-032006-10-03199510.1016/0168-9002(94)01623-2https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/234658WOS:A1995RC35400088We report here on the results obtained by the CERN RD26 collaboration on the production and characterization of large area photocathodes, susceptible to equip fast UV-photon imaging devices. Such detectors are planned for some Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector projects, in particular HADES at SIS Darmstadt, BABAR at the SLAG asymmetric B-factory, and ALICE at the LHC (CERN).text::journal::journal article::research article