High performance large infrared and visible astronomy arrays for low background applications: Instruments performance data and future developments at Raytheon

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6660, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Beuville, Eric ^a   Acton, David ^a   Corrales, Elizabeth ^a   Drab, John ^a   Levy, Alan ^a   Merrill, Michael ^b   Peralta, Richard ^a   Ritchie, William ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane array; HgCdTe; Infrared astronomy; InSb; Megapixel; Raytheon; Readouts; Si:PIN

Indexed keywords

INFRARED ASTRONOMY; MEGAPIXEL; RAYTHEON (CO); SENSOR CHIP ASSEMBLIES (SCA);

ASTRONOMY; INFRARED DEVICES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS;

EID: 42149093764     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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