Microchannel plate detectors for space astronomy

Details Microchannel plate detectors for space astronomy Microchannel plate detectors for space astronomy

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.356...97f&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Proceedings of an ESA Symposium on Photon Detectors for Space Instrumentation p 97-102 (SEE N94-15025 03-19)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Microchannel Plates, Spaceborne Astronomy, Ultraviolet Detectors, X Ray Astronomy, Imaging Techniques, Photocathodes

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Open window Microchannel Plates (MCP's) are currently the detectors of choice for space astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) and Far Ultraviolet (FUV) bands. MCP's are also commonly used in soft X-ray astronomy and, in sealed tubes, for optical photon counting. Work in a number of important development areas is described: MCP and MCP image readout operation at high count rates; the testing of 'low noise' MCP's fabricated from radioisotope free lead glass; and the construction and operation of large format (approximately 100 sq cm) channel plate detectors. The effects of in vacuo contaminants on an MCP bearing a CsI photocathode are also discussed.

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