Techniques of Observational Astronomy
AST3722C

Tutorials on Detectors

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has developed an excellent set of tutorials, including Java animations of the mechanisms of several types of detectors. Here are some selected links (Note- many of these are quite large and require both a fast network connection and a fast CPU):

Photomultipliers

• Photomultiplier Tubes - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/photomultipliers.html

CCDs

• Index page to links on CCDs - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/concepts.html
• Anatomy of a Charge-Coupled Device -http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/ccdanatomy.html
• MOS Capacitor - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/moscapacitor.html
• Full Frame CCD Architecture - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/fullframe.html
• Three Phase CCD Clocking - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/threephase.html
• Quantum Efficiency - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/quantumefficiency.html

Side Notes on CCDs

• Microlens Arrays - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/microlensarray.html
• Blooming - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/blooming.html
• Binning - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/concepts/binning.html

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