An intensified CCD detector using the phosphor TPB.
Abstract
The Research Amplifying Imaging Detector (RAID) consists of a microchannel plate image intensifier with a thin coating (3500 - 10,000 Å) of the phosphor tetraphenyl-butadiene (TPB) on the entrance window to convert EUV radiation to visible, and coupled via a lens to a CCD detector. This design allows great flexibility in selecting the pixel size and field of view, with a simple mechanical design. Tests have been made at visible and EUV (304 Å) wavelengths of the following performance aspects: EUV spectral sensitivity, spatial resolution both of components and of the system as a whole, noise, linearity, and dynamic range.
- Publication:
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EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-ray instrumentation for astronomy
- Pub Date:
- November 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.23268
- Bibcode:
- 1990SPIE.1344..415T
- Keywords:
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- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Imaging Spectrometers;
- Microchannel Plates;
- Phosphorus Compounds;
- Solar Instruments;
- Tetraphenyls;
- Design Analysis;
- Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Fiber Optics;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
- CCD Detectors: Extreme UV