NASA NTRS · 19940010596
The STIS MAMA status: Current detector performance
Abstract
The STIS (Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph) is a second generation Hubble instrument scheduled to fly in 1997. Through a variety of modes, the instrument will provide spectral resolutions from R approximately 50 in the objective spectroscopy mode to 100,000 in the high resolution echelle mode in the wavelength region from 115 to 1000 nm. In the UV the instrument employs two MAMA (Multimode Anode Microchannel plate Arrays) 1024 by 1024 pixel detectors, which provide high DQE (Detective Quantum Efficiency), and good dynamic range and resolution. The current progress and performance of these detectors are reported, illustrating that the technology is mature and that the performance is very close to flight requirements.
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Danks, A. C., Joseph, C., Bybee, R., Argebright, V., Abraham, J., Kimble, R., Woodgate, B.. 1992-12-01. The STIS MAMA status: Current detector performance. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19940010596
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