A Revolution in Optical Spectroscopy High Performance Array Detectors

Abstract

Recent investigations will be presented which demonstrate how new types of charge transfer device (CTD) array detectors can provide vastly superior performance to conventional approaches in a variety of optical spectroscopic applications. Operational characteristics of the two major classes of CTD's - charge coupled devices (CCD) and charge injection devices (CID) - will be briefly reviewed. Examples demonstrating the trade offs between the two classes of CTD's and their relative merits will be presented. Entirely new spectroscopic frontiers such as the 'Intelligent Atomic Emission Spectrometer' will be discussed. The ability to employ the vast amount of data available real time from a properly configured array detector can offer major advances in precision and accuracy. The concepts behind this approach, along with the advantages, will be presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198591

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  • M. Bonner Denton

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

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  • Advanced Electronics
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  • Detectors
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  • Physics

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