Photon-counting intensified random-access charge injection device

Timothy J. Norton; Patrick F. Morrissey; J. Patrick Haas; Leslie J. Payne; Joseph Carbone; Randy A. Kimble

doi:10.1117/12.371087

25 November 1999 Photon-counting intensified random-access charge injection device

Timothy J. Norton, Patrick F. Morrissey, J. Patrick Haas, Leslie J. Payne, Joseph Carbone, Randy A. Kimble

Proceedings Volume 3764, Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detection, Spectroscopy, and Polarimetry III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.371087
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

At NASA GSFC we are developing a high resolution solar-blind photon counting detector system for UV space based astronomy. The detector comprises a high gain MCP intensifier fiber- optically coupled to a charge injection device (CID). The detector system utilizes an FPGA based centroiding system to locate the center of photon events from the intensifier to high accuracy. The photon event addresses are passed via a PCI interface with a GPS derived time stamp inserted per frame to an integrating memory. Here we present imaging performance data which show resolution of MCP tube pore structure at an MCP pore diameter of 8 micrometer. This data validates the ICID concept for intensified photon counting readout. We also discuss correction techniques used in the removal of fixed pattern noise effects inherent in the centroiding algorithms used and present data which shows the local dynamic range of the device. Progress towards development of a true random access CID (RACID 810) is also discussed and astronomical data taken with the ICID detector system demonstrating the photon event time-tagging mode of the system is also presented.

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Timothy J. Norton, Patrick F. Morrissey, J. Patrick Haas, Leslie J. Payne, Joseph Carbone, and Randy A. Kimble "Photon-counting intensified random-access charge injection device", Proc. SPIE 3764, Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detection, Spectroscopy, and Polarimetry III, (25 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.371087

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