Optically sensitive MCP image tube with ax medipix2 ASIC readout

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7021, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vallerga, John ^a   McPhate, Jason ^a   Tremsin, Anton ^a   Siegmund, Oswald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive optics; Image tubes; MCP; Medipix; Photon counting; Wavefront sensors

Indexed keywords

IMAGE TUBES; MCP; MEDIPIX; PHOTON COUNTING; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ASTROPHYSICS; COUNTING TUBES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; IMAGE CONVERTERS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT; PHOTONS; SENSORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WAVEFRONTS;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES;

EID: 66749139007     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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