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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787834003321

Autore

Saha Swapan K.

Titolo

High-resolution imaging : detectors and applications / / Swapan K. Saha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-09098-6

981-4613-28-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (602 p.)

Disciplina

940.1/84

940.184

Soggetti

High resolution imaging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Principal Symbols; Some numerical values of physical and astronomical constants; List of Acronyms; Chapter 1 Properties of Radiation; Chapter 2 Photoelectric Concept; Chapter 3 Concept of Laser; Chapter 4 Photon Detection Process; Chapter 5 Photodetectors; Chapter 6 Charge Transfer Devices; Chapter 7 Photon- Counting Systems; Chapter 8 Radiation Detectors for Infrared Wavelengths; Appendix: Typical Tables; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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 pho