Development and testing of a 1024 × 1024 pixel Si:As IBC detector for SOFIA-like applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4857, Issue , 2002, Pages 155-165

  Ennico, Kimberly ^a   Greene, Thomas ^a   McCreight, Craig ^a   McKelvey, Mark ^a   McMurray Jr , Robert ^a   Cripe, Jerry ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector; Explorers; Infrared; Mid infrared; SOFIA

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED DETECTORS; OBSERVATORIES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

MID INFRARED DETECTORS; MODERATE SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; READOUT MULTIPLEXER;

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038531034     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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