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Imaging pulse-counting detector systems for space ultraviolet astrophysics missionsA family of imaging, pulse-counting, photoelectric detector systems, the Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMAs), are now under active development for use on a number of space ultraviolet astrophysics missions at far-ultraviolet (FUV) and extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths between about 300 and 28 nm. Specifically, MAMA detectors are being fabricated and tested for use in two instruments on the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission, for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, and for the prime FUV spectrograph of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FUSE/Lyman mission. The construction and performance characteristics of the different MAMA detector systems are described, and techniques for improving the spatial resolution of each of the detector systems by the use of custom application specific integrated circuits in the electronics are discussed.
Document ID
19920062560
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Timothy, J. G.
(Stanford University CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Meeting Information
Meeting: Space Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments
Location: Orlando, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: April 1, 1991
End Date: April 4, 1991
Sponsors: SPIE
Accession Number
92A45184
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30387
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-31248
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-29389
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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