High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment

Brett C. Bush; Daniel M. Cotton; Oswald H.W. Siegmund; Supriya Chakrabarti; Walter M. Harris; John T. Clarke

doi:10.1117/12.48347

High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment

Brett C. Bush, Daniel M. Cotton, Oswald H.W. Siegmund, Supriya Chakrabarti, Walter M. Harris, John T. Clarke

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Abstract

We discuss a high resolution microchannel plate (MCP) imaging detector to be used in measurements of Doppler-shifted hydrogen Lyman-alpha line emission from Jupiter and the interplanetary medium. The detector is housed in a vacuum-tight stainless steel cylinder (to provide shielding from magnetic fields) with a MgF2 window. Operating at nominal voltage, the four plate configuration provides a gain of 1.2 x 10 exp 7 electrons per incident photon. The wedge-and-strip anode has two-dimensional imaging capabilities, with a resolution of 40 microns FWHM over a one centimeter diameter area. The detector has a high quantum efficiency while retaining a low background rate. A KBr photocathode is used to enhance the quantum efficiency of the bare MCPs to a value of 35 percent at Lyman-alpha.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II
Editors	Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Richard E. Rothschild
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	290-301
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819406774
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48347
State	Published - Oct 1 1991
Event	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II - San Diego, United States Duration: Jul 21 1991 → Jul 21 1991

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	1549
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	7/21/91 → 7/21/91

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Bush, B. C., Cotton, D. M., Siegmund, O. H. W., Chakrabarti, S., Harris, W. M., & Clarke, J. T. (1991). High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment. In O. H. W. Siegmund, & R. E. Rothschild (Eds.), EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II (pp. 290-301). (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 1549). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48347

High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment. / Bush, Brett C.; Cotton, Daniel M.; Siegmund, Oswald H.W. et al.

EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II. ed. / Oswald H. W. Siegmund; Richard E. Rothschild. SPIE, 1991. p. 290-301 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 1549).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Bush, BC, Cotton, DM, Siegmund, OHW, Chakrabarti, S, Harris, WM & Clarke, JT 1991, High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment. in OHW Siegmund & RE Rothschild (eds), EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 1549, SPIE, pp. 290-301, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II, San Diego, United States, 7/21/91. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48347

Bush BC, Cotton DM, Siegmund OHW, Chakrabarti S, Harris WM, Clarke JT. High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment. In Siegmund OHW, Rothschild RE, editors, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II. SPIE. 1991. p. 290-301. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48347

Bush, Brett C. ; Cotton, Daniel M. ; Siegmund, Oswald H.W. et al. / High-resolution, two-dimensional imaging, microchannel-plate detector for use on a sounding rocket experiment. EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II. editor / Oswald H. W. Siegmund ; Richard E. Rothschild. SPIE, 1991. pp. 290-301 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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