Infrared detector development programs for the VLT instruments at the European Southern Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3354, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-98

  Finger, Gert ^a   Biereichel, Peter ^a   Mehrgan, Hamid ^a   Meyer, Manfred ^a   Moorwood, Alan F M ^a   Nicolini, Gianalfredo ^a   Stegmeier, Joerg ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1024x1024; ALADDIN; HAWAII; HgCdTe; Infrared array; Infrared detector; InSb; MCT; Megapixel

Indexed keywords

1024X1024; ALADDIN; HAWAII; HGCDTE; INFRARED ARRAY; INSB; MCT; MEGAPIXEL;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CRYOGENICS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED DETECTORS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIXELS; TELESCOPES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 0010427256     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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