Measurements of an intensified CCD detector for the solar and heliospheric observatory

William T. Thompson; Arthur I. Poland; Oswald H. W. Siegmund; Marvin Swartz; Douglas B. Leviton; Leslie J. Payne

doi:10.1117/12.130705

8 October 1992 Measurements of an intensified CCD detector for the solar and heliospheric observatory

William T. Thompson, Arthur I. Poland, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Marvin Swartz, Douglas B. Leviton, Leslie J. Payne

Proceedings Volume 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130705
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An engineering model intensified CCD detector for the SOHO Coronal Diagnostics Spectrometer has been built and tested at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. A windowless MCP intensifier tube converts EUV radiation (30 - 65 nm) into visible light, which is focused via a lens system onto a Tektronix 1024 X 1024 CCD. Tests have been made of this engineering model to determine the following characteristics: quantum efficiency, resolution, throughput, linearity, statistical variation, readout noise, scattering, and flat-field response. In almost all respects, the detector performed as expected. This detector has been delivered, and work is underway on the flight detector.

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William T. Thompson, Arthur I. Poland, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Marvin Swartz, Douglas B. Leviton, and Leslie J. Payne "Measurements of an intensified CCD detector for the solar and heliospheric observatory", Proc. SPIE 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III, (8 October 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130705

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