3D photon-to-digital converter for radiation instrumentation: Motivation and future works

JF Pratte, F Nolet, S Parent, F Vachon, N Roy… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Analog and digital SiPMs have revolutionized the field of radiation instrumentation by
replacing both avalanche photodiodes and photomultiplier tubes in many applications …

Characterisation of a soft X-ray optimised CMOS Image Sensor

J Heymes, J Ivory, K Stefanov, T Buggey… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A prototype CMOS Image Sensor optimised for soft X-ray applications has been
designed by the Centre for Electronic Imaging in partnership with Teledyne-e2v. The device …

Development of a photon-counting near-fano-limited x-ray CMOS image sensor for THESEUS'SXI

J Heymes, K Stefanov, M Soman… - X-Ray, Optical, and …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
THESEUS (Transient High Energy Sky & Early Universe Surveyor) is one of the three
candidates for the M5 mission of the European Space Agency. The favoured mission will be …

[HTML][HTML] The spectrum of a 1-μm-wavelength-driven tin microdroplet laser-produced plasma source in the 5.5–265.5 nm wavelength range

Z Bouza, J Byers, J Scheers, R Schupp, Y Mostafa… - AIP advances, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a calibrated spectrum in the 5.5–265.5 nm range from a microdroplet-tin Nd:
YAG-laser-produced plasma under conditions relevant for the production of extreme …

FLUID: a rocket-borne pathfinder instrument for high efficiency UV band selection imaging

N Nell, N Kruczek, K France, S Ulrich… - UV, X-Ray, and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Far-and Lyman-Ultraviolet Imaging Demonstrator (FLUID) is a rocket-borne multi-band
arcsecond-level Ultraviolet (UV) imaging instrument covering four bands between 92–193 …

Surface Passivation by Quantum Exclusion: On the Quantum Efficiency and Stability of Delta-Doped CCDs and CMOS Image Sensors in Space

ME Hoenk, AD Jewell, G Kyne, J Hennessy, T Jones… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Radiation-induced damage and instabilities in back-illuminated silicon detectors have
proved to be challenging in multiple NASA and commercial applications. In this paper, we …

Calibrating Teledyne-e2v's ultraviolet image sensor quantum efficiency processes

J Heymes, M Soman, T Buggey… - X-Ray, Optical, and …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Teledyne-e2v's sensors and wafer-scale processing are widely used for high performance
imaging across soft X-ray and optical bands. In the ultraviolet spectral range, the …

Lyman-ultraviolet imaging filter development for the FLUID rocket payload

E Farr, N Kruczek, K France, N Nell… - UV, X-Ray, and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present laboratory reflectivity results of two novel optical filters designed for the Lyman
ultraviolet bandpass (LUV; 90-120 nm) and the far ultraviolet bandpass (FUV; 120-150 nm) …

The solar eruptioN integral field spectrograph

VL Herde, PC Chamberlin, D Schmit, A Daw… - Solar Physics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Solar eruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS) is a solar-gazing
spectrograph scheduled to fly in the summer of 2025 on a NASA sounding rocket. Its goal is …

Evaluating UV detector enhancement technologies for the next generation of space telescopes: the path to CASTOR

J Skottfelt, C Crews, B Dryer, DJ Hall… - … 2024: Ultraviolet to …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
As space agencies consider the next generation of large space telescopes, it is becoming
clear that high performance Ultraviolet (UV) imaging will be a key requirement. High …