Multi-anode microchannel arrays
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. These detectors combine high sensitivity and photometric stability with a high-resolution imaging capability. 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. The construction and modes-of-operation of the MAMA detectors are briefly described and performance data are presented.
- Publication:
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Los Alamos Conference on Optics
- Pub Date:
- January 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979SPIE..190..360T
- Keywords:
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- Ground Stations;
- Matrices (Circuits);
- Microchannels;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Spaceborne Telescopes;
- Arrays;
- Electrophotometry;
- Far Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Ultraviolet Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Instrumentation and Photography