Novel high resolution readout for UV and X-ray photon counting detectors with microchannel plates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6276, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tremsin, Anton S ^a   Siegmund, Oswald H W ^a   Vallerga, John V ^a   Hull, Jeff S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High Resolution Imaging; Microchannel Plates; Position Sensitive Detectors; Readout Methods

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING; MICROCHANNEL PLATES; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; READOUT METHODS;

ANODES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33749584956     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.674401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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