CCCP: A CCD controller for counting photons

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7014, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Daigle, Olivier ^a,b,c   Gach, Jean Luc ^b   Guillaumed, Christian ^d   Lessardc, Simon ^c   Carignan, Claude ^a,b,e   Blais Ouellettec, Sébastien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Photon Etc   (Canada)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Astronomical instrumentation; CIC; EMCCD; IPCS; L3CCD

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; CIC; EMCCD; IPCS; L3CCD;

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 66249112858     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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