A photon counting intensified CID detector for space astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 1036-1045

  Morrissey, Patrick ^a   Norton, Timothy ^a   Kimble, Randy ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CID; Detector; Intensifier; Microchannel plates; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION DEVICE; CID; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTENSIFIER; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET ASTRONOMIES;

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICES; DETECTORS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SPACE TELESCOPES; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; VIDEO CAMERAS;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

CHARGE INJECTION DEVICE (CID); MICROCHANNEL PLATE (MCP) INTENSIFIERS; PHOTON COUNTERS;

EID: 0032289896     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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