The Status Of The Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA) Detector, Development Program

J. Gethyn Timothy; George H. Mount; Richard L. Bybee

doi:10.1117/12.957085

3 May 1979 The Status Of The Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA) Detector Development Program

J. Gethyn Timothy, George H. Mount, Richard L. Bybee

Proceedings Volume 0172, Instrumentation in Astronomy III; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957085
Event: Instrumentation in Astronomy, 1979, Tucson, United States

Abstract

The Multi-anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA's) are a fa,Hily of photoelectric photon-counting array detectors being developed for use in instruments on both ground-based and spaceborne telescopes. MAMA. detectors can be operated in a windowless configuration at extreme-ultraviolet and soft x-ray wavelengths or in a sealed configuration at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. Prototype MAMA detectors with up to 512 x 512 pixels are now being tested in the laboratory and telescope operation of a simple (10 x 10)-pixel visible-light detector has been initiated. In this paper the methods of construction and the modes of operation of the MAMA detectors are described and the status of the development program is reviewed.

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J. Gethyn Timothy, George H. Mount, and Richard L. Bybee "The Status Of The Multi-Anode Microchannel Arrays (MAMA) Detector Development Program", Proc. SPIE 0172, Instrumentation in Astronomy III, (3 May 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957085

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