| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 565 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Properties of Radiation -- Photoelectric Concept -- Concept of Laser -- Photon Detection Process -- Photodetectors -- Charge Transfer Devices -- Photon-Counting Systems -- Radiation Detectors for Infrared Wavelengths. |
| Summary |
Interferometric observations need snapshots of very high time resolution of the order of (i) frame integration of about 100 Hz or (ii) photon-recording rates of several megahertz (MHz). Detectors play a key role in astronomical observations, and since the explanation of the photoelectric effect by Albert Einstein, the technology has evolved rather fast. The present-day technology has made it possible to develop large-format complementary metal oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and charge-coupled device (CCD) array mosaics, orthogonal transfer CCDs, electron-multiplication CCDs, electron-avalanche photodiode arrays, and quantum-well infrared (IR) photon detectors. The requirements to develop artifact-free photon shot noise-limited images are higher sensitivity and quantum efficiency, reduced noise that includes dark current, read-out and amplifier noise, smaller point-spread functions, and higher spectral bandwidth. This book aims to address such systems, technologies and design, evaluation and calibration, control electronics, scientific applications, and results. |
| Subject |
High resolution imaging.
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Imagerie à haute résolution. |
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High resolution imaging |
| Other Form: |
Print version: High Resolution Imaging. Pan Stanford Pub 2014 9789814613279 (OCoLC)893453492 |
| ISBN |
9789814613286 (electronic bk.) |
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9814613282 (electronic bk.) |
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9814613274 |
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9789814613279 |
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