The Status of the Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA) Detector Development Program
Abstract
The Multi-anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA's) are a family of photoelectric photon-counting array detectors being developed for use in instruments on both ground-based and space-borne telescopes. MAMA detectors can be operated in a windowless configuration at extreme-ultraviolet and soft x-ray wavelengths or in a sealed configuration at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. Prototype MAMA detectors with up to 512 x 512 pixels are now being tested in the laboratory and telescope operation of a simple (10 x 10)-pixel visible-light detector has been initiated. In this paper the methods of construction and the modes of operation of the MAMA detectors are described and the status of the development program is reviewed.
- Publication:
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Instrumentation in Astronomy III
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979SPIE..172..199G
- Keywords:
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- Ground Stations;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Network Synthesis;
- Radiation Counters;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Spaceborne Telescopes;
- Anodes;
- Arrays;
- Block Diagrams;
- Gamma Rays;
- Modal Response;
- Photocathodes;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Instrumentation and Photography