1 August 1997 Conceptual development of a new ultraviolet detector
Giuseppe Bernacchia, Valter Bonvicini, Alessandro Monfardini, Alexander Rashevsky, Roberto Stalio, Andrea Vacchi, Nicola Zampa
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The concept of a new bidimensional photon-counting, MCPbased detector is presented together with estimates of imaging and dynamic range performances. The first results of tests on the position readout system, a silicon drift chamber, are also presented.
Giuseppe Bernacchia, Valter Bonvicini, Alessandro Monfardini, Alexander Rashevsky, Roberto Stalio, Andrea Vacchi, and Nicola Zampa "Conceptual development of a new ultraviolet detector," Optical Engineering 36(8), (1 August 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601430
Published: 1 August 1997
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KEYWORDS
Microchannel plates

Electrons

Sensors

Silicon

Clouds

Spatial resolution

Detector development

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