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11 July 2016 Review of multianode microchannel array detector systems
J. Gethyn Timothy
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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 030901 (July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.2.3.030901
Abstract
Multianode microchannel arrays (MAMAs) are a family of digital photon-counting imaging arrays designed specifically for use in space. Two MAMAs with formats of 1024×1024  pixels were included in the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) to cover the far-ultraviolet (FUV) from 115 to 170 nm and the near-ultraviolet (NUV) from 165 to 310 nm. STIS was installed on orbit in the Hubble Space Telescope in February 1997. The flight-spare FUV MAMA was installed on orbit in the Advanced Camera for Surveys in March 2002, and the flight-spare NUV MAMA was installed on orbit in the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph in May 2009. This paper describes the construction, modes of operation, and on-orbit performances of the MAMAs and the resulting lessons for future space astrophysics missions.
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J. Gethyn Timothy "Review of multianode microchannel array detector systems," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 2(3), 030901 (11 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.2.3.030901
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KEYWORDS
Microchannel plates
Sensors
Detector arrays
Electrodes
Electronics
Ultraviolet radiation
Space telescopes
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