Photon-Counting Array Detectors For Space And Ground-Based Studies At Ultraviolet And Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Wavelengths

J. Gethyn Timothy; Richard L. Bybee

doi:10.1117/12.965715

9 November 1981 Photon-Counting Array Detectors For Space And Ground-Based Studies At Ultraviolet And Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Wavelengths

J. Gethyn Timothy, Richard L. Bybee

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Proceedings Volume 0279, Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet Systems; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965715
Event: 1981 Technical Symposium East, 1981, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

The Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMAs) are a family of photoelectric photon-counting array detectors, with formats as large as (256 x 1024)-pixels that can be operated in a windowless configuration at vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) and soft x-ray wavelengths or in a sealed configuration at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. In this paper, we describe the construction and modes of operation of (1 x 1024)-pixel and (24 x 1024)-pixel MAMA detector systems that are being built and qualified for use in sounding-rocket spectrometers for solar and stellar observations at wavelengths below 1300 A. We also describe briefly the performance characteristics of the MAMA detectors at ultraviolet and VUV wavelengths.

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J. Gethyn Timothy and Richard L. Bybee "Photon-Counting Array Detectors For Space And Ground-Based Studies At Ultraviolet And Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Wavelengths", Proc. SPIE 0279, Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet Systems, (9 November 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965715

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