Large-format electrographic and array detectors for a space Schmidt imaging telescopePossible optical designs of imaging detectors for the spaceborne Schmidt telescope proposed by Carruthers et al. (1990) are discussed, surveying the currently or potentially available technology. Consideration is given to FUV electrographic detectors of large format (e.g., 120 mm with 10-micron resolution) using CsI photocathodes, the possible extension of the same technology to the mid-UV using Cs2Te instead of CsI, large CCD arrays for the visible and NIR, electron-bombarded CCDs for the FUV and mid-UV, and the data handling and processing requirements of these detectors.
Document ID
19910045063
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Carruthers, George R. (U.S. Navy, E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Washington DC, United States)
Fischer, Jacqueline (U.S. Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, United States)
Wray, James D. (Sci-Tech Astronomical Research Foresthill, CA, United States)
Lowrance, John L. (Princeton Scientific Instruments Monmouth Junction, NJ, United States)