Large format Si:As IBC array performance for NGST and future IR space telescope applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 890-901

  Ennico, Kimberly ^a   McKelvey, Mark ^a   McCreight, Craig ^a   McMurray Jr , Robert ^a   Johnson, Roy ^a   Hoffman, Alan W ^b   Love, Peter ^b   Lum, Nancy ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Camera; Cryogenic; Detector; Infrared; IRAC; NGST; SIRTF; Space; Telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CRYOGENICS; GALAXIES; INFRARED DETECTORS;

IMPURITY BAND CONDUCTION (IBC);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038414048     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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