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The STIS MAMA status: Current detector performanceThe STIS (Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph) is a second generation Hubble instrument scheduled to fly in 1997. Through a variety of modes, the instrument will provide spectral resolutions from R approximately 50 in the objective spectroscopy mode to 100,000 in the high resolution echelle mode in the wavelength region from 115 to 1000 nm. In the UV the instrument employs two MAMA (Multimode Anode Microchannel plate Arrays) 1024 by 1024 pixel detectors, which provide high DQE (Detective Quantum Efficiency), and good dynamic range and resolution. The current progress and performance of these detectors are reported, illustrating that the technology is mature and that the performance is very close to flight requirements.
Document ID
19940010596
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Danks, A. C.
(Hughes STX, Inc. Greenbelt, MD., United States)
Joseph, C.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison., United States)
Bybee, R.
(Ball Aerospace Systems Div. Boulder, CO., United States)
Argebright, V.
(Ball Aerospace Systems Div. Boulder, CO., United States)
Abraham, J.
(Ball Aerospace Systems Div. Boulder, CO., United States)
Kimble, R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Woodgate, B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: ESA, Proceedings of an ESA Symposium on Photon Detectors for Space Instrumentation
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Accession Number
94N15069
Distribution Limits
Public
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