Readout Techniques For Photon-Counting Microchannel Image Systems

Michael Lampton

doi:10.1117/12.943594

13 April 1988 Readout Techniques For Photon-Counting Microchannel Image Systems

Michael Lampton

Proceedings Volume 0868, Optoelectronic Technologies for Remote Sensing from Space; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943594
Event: 1987 Symposium on the Technologies for Optoelectronics, 1987, Cannes, France

Abstract

During the past ten years, the microchannel plate has become widely adopted as the preferred photon counting detector for low light level image systems at X-ray, extreme ultra-violet, and far ultraviolet wavelengths, especially in space astronomy applications. Various readout methods have been developed by workers in these areas, including phosphor/video, phosphor and binary-mask encoder, direct discrete position encoder, direct analog amplitude position-encoder systems, and delay line encoders. Salient advantages and limitations of these techniques are discussed in the context of low light level applications in space astronomy.

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Michael Lampton "Readout Techniques For Photon-Counting Microchannel Image Systems", Proc. SPIE 0868, Optoelectronic Technologies for Remote Sensing from Space, (13 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943594

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