Six years in orbit: The MCP detectors aboard the extreme ultraviolet explorer satellite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 1001-1010

  Vallerg, J V ^a   Roberts, B ^a   Dupuis, J ^a   Jelinsky, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectors; EUVE; Extreme Ultraviolet; MCPs

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; EUVE; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; MCPS; MICROCHANNEL PLATE DETECTOR; SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALIES; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; THIN FILM FILTERS;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; SPACE TELESCOPES; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; BANDPASS FILTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES;

DETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

MICROCHANNEL PLATE DETECTORS (MCP);

EID: 0032304653     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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