Progress on photon-counting intensified APS

Michela C. Uslenghi; Giovanni Bonanno; Massimiliano Belluso; Antonio Cali; Cristina Timpanaro; Rosario Cosentino; Salvatore Scuderi; Angelo Modica

doi:10.1117/12.459807

24 February 2003 Progress on photon-counting intensified APS

Michela C. Uslenghi, Giovanni Bonanno, Massimiliano Belluso, Antonio Cali, Cristina Timpanaro, Rosario Cosentino, Salvatore Scuderi, Angelo Modica

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Proceedings Volume 4854, Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459807
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We report on the progress of the activity, started one year ago, to obtain a photon counting, MCP-based detector, optimized for high count-rate. A new electronic board, hosting both the APS and the electronics processing unit, has been developed. The new architecture of the system, designed to drive the detector, to acquire the images and compute the photon event centers, is described in detail in this paper. We also report the functional tests carried out on the sub-parts of the detector along with a preliminary characterization of the system.

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Michela C. Uslenghi, Giovanni Bonanno, Massimiliano Belluso, Antonio Cali, Cristina Timpanaro, Rosario Cosentino, Salvatore Scuderi, and Angelo Modica "Progress on photon-counting intensified APS", Proc. SPIE 4854, Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation, (24 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459807

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