Quantum efficiency characterization of LBNL CCD's Part 1: The quantum efficiency machine

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6068, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Groom, Donald E ^a   Bebek, Christopher J ^a   Fabricius, Maximilian ^a   Karcher, Armin ^a   Kolbe, William F ^a   Roe, Natalie A ^a   Steckert, Jens ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Fachhochschule Karlsruhe ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronomy; CCD's; Detectors; Instrumentation; Quantum efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROSS-CALIBRATION; HORIZONTAL DEWAR; LOWER-INTENSITY EXPOSURES; UNIFORM ILLUMINATION;

ARC LAMPS; ASTRONOMY; CAMERA SHUTTERS; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; XENON;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 33645680779     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.667313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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