Jelinsky, Patrick and Morrissey, Patrick and Malloy, James and Jelinsky, Sharon and Siegmund, Oswald and Martin, Chris and Schiminovich, David and Forster, Karl and Wyder, Ted and Friedman, Peter (2003) Performance results of the GALEX cross delay line detectors. In: Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation. Proceedings of SPIE. No.4854. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, pp. 233-240. ISBN 9780819446336. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180726-153351878
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We describe the performance results for the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) far ultraviolet (FUV) and near ultraviolet (NUV) detectors. The detectors were delivered to JPL/Caltech starting in the fall of 2000 and have undergone approximately 1000 hours of pre-flight system-level testing to date. The GALEX detectors are sealed tube micro-channel plate (MCP) delay line readout detectors. They have a 65 mm diameter active area, which will be the largest format on orbit. The FUV detector has a spectral bandpass from 115 - 180 nm and the NUV detector has a bandpass from 165 - 300 nm. We report here on the performance of the detectors before and after integration into the instrument. Characteristics measured include the background count rate and distribution, gain vs. applied high voltage, spatial resolution and linearity, flat fields, and quantum efficiency.
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| Additional Information: | © 2003 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The authors would like to thank the GALEX teams at Caltech and JPL. We would also like to thank Darrel Doliber and Joseph Stock for their large contribution in the construction and characterization of the tubes. This work was supported by Caltech under contract #PC251341 and GSFC grant # NAG5-7615. | ||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Microchannel plates, ultraviolet detectors, GALEX, sealed tube | ||||||||
| Series Name: | Proceedings of SPIE | ||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 4854 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.460013 | ||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20180726-153351878 | ||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180726-153351878 | ||||||||
| Official Citation: | Patrick N. Jelinsky, Patrick F. Morrissey, James M. Malloy, Sharon R. Jelinsky, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Christopher Martin, David Schiminovich, Karl Forster, Ted Wyder, Peter G. Friedman, "Performance results of the GALEX cross delay line detectors", Proc. SPIE 4854, Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation, (24 February 2003); doi: 10.1117/12.460013; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460013 | ||||||||
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| Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 30 Jul 2018 17:25 | ||||||||
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