Large-Format 0.85 - 2.5 Micron HgCdTe Detector Arrays for Low-Background Applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5167, Issue , 2004, Pages 134-143

  Love, Peter J ^a   Huffman, Alan W ^a   Gulbransen, David J ^a   Murray, Mark P ^a   Ando, Ken J ^a   Therrien, Neil J ^a   Rosbeck, Joe P ^a   Holcombe, Roger S ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

FPA; Large format; Mosaic; NIR; RICL; SCA; SFD; SWIR HgCdTe; VIRGO; VISTA

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

FPA; HGCDTE; LARGE-FORMAT; MOSAIC; NIR; SCA; SFD; SWIR; VIRGO; VISTA;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 1942454360     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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