CCDs and photon counting devices: Applications in space and from the ground

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Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.356..111d&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Proceedings of an ESA Symposium on Photon Detectors for Space Instrumentation p 111-113 (SEE N94-15025 03-19)

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Charge Coupled Devices, Photons, Quantum Efficiency, Radiation Counters, Charge Transfer, Radiation Detectors, Spaceborne Telescopes

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The development of the 2048 by 2048 CCD (Charge Coupled Device) for a second generation space telescope instrument has resulted in devices with very few defects, dark currents of less than 12 electrons/pixel/hour at -80 deg, readout noise levels of less than 4 electrons rms, and excellent charge transfer efficiency at signal levels of less than 10 electrons. A second generation of devices that capitalize on these characteristics have been produced and are currently in test. Faster frame transfer devices that preserve these characteristics have been designed that include tridirectional taps in the serial register. The state of the art in CCD's as photon counting detectors is reviewed.

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