Large-format electrographic and array detectors for a space Schmidt imaging telescope

George R. Carruthers; Jacqueline Fischer; James D. Wray; John L. Lowrance

doi:10.1117/12.19155

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1 July 1990 Large-format electrographic and array detectors for a space Schmidt imaging telescope

George R. Carruthers, Jacqueline Fischer, James D. Wray, John L. Lowrance

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Proceedings Volume 1235, Instrumentation in Astronomy VII; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19155
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1990, Tucson, AZ, United States

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Possible optical designs of imaging detectors for the spaceborne Schmidt telescope proposed by Carruthers et al. (1990) are discussed, surveying the currently or potentially available technology. Consideration is given to FUV electrographic detectors of large format (e.g., 120 mm with 10-micron resolution) using CsI photocathodes, the possible extension of the same technology to the mid-UV using Cs2Te instead of CsI, large CCD arrays for the visible and NIR, electron-bombarded CCDs for the FUV and mid-UV, and the data handling and processing requirements of these detectors.

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George R. Carruthers, Jacqueline Fischer, James D. Wray, and John L. Lowrance "Large-format electrographic and array detectors for a space Schmidt imaging telescope", Proc. SPIE 1235, Instrumentation in Astronomy VII, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19155

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