Optical Detectors for Astronomy

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Manufacturers Products and R&D Efforts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Large Area, Buttable Image Sensors for Mosaic Applications

      • M. M. Blouke, T. Woody, T. Dosluoglu, S. T. Elliott, J. R. Janesick, R. Reed et al.

      Pages 3-11

   3. The State of CCD Technology at Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems

      • R. Bredthauer, J. W. Beletic, P. Amico

      Pages 13-18

   4. Large-Area Back-Illuminated CCD Imager Development

      • B. E. Burke, J. A. Gregory, R. W. Mountain, B. B. Kosicki, E. D. Savoye, P. J. Daniels et al.

      Pages 19-28

   5. CCDs for Astronomy

      • P. J. Pool, R. Holtom, D. G. Morris

      Pages 29-36

   6. Philips Imaging Technology and the MK×NK Image Sensor

      • Albert J. P. Theuwissen, J. W. Beletic, P. Amico

      Pages 37-44

3. Observatory Plans for Optical Detectors and Instruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. CFHT — Wide Field Imaging and “CCD-World” Host

      • T. M. C. Abbott

      Pages 47-47

   3. The Astronomical CCD Development Program at Copenhagen University

      • Johannes Andersen

      Pages 49-54

   4. Future Instrumentation for the Nordic Optical Telescope

      • Colin Aspin

      Pages 55-56

   5. ESO’s Plan for Optical Detectors

      • James W. Beletic

      Pages 57-64

   6. AAO Detectors — Present Status and Future Plans

      • Russell Cannon, John Barton

      Pages 65-70

   7. A Drift Scan Camera for Astrometry

      • M. Gai, M. G. Lattanzi, M. D. Guarnieri, G. Massone

      Pages 71-74

   8. RGO (and ING) CCDs — Current Developments

      • P. R. Jorden, A. P. Oates

      Pages 75-81

   9. CCD Development at the University of Hawaii

      • Gerard A. Luppino

      Pages 83-84

   10. High Precision Shutter for the T.N.G. CCD Camera

       • F. Pedichini, M. Comari, R. Cosentino, G. Farisato, W. De Baco, G. Sandre

       Pages 85-88

   11. Fabrication of Thinned CCDs at UCO/Lick Observatory

       • R. J. Stover, W. E. Brown, D. Booth, M. Wei, D. K. Gilmore

       Pages 89-91

4. CCD Devices, Controllers, Testbenches & Intruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. ESO’s New CCD Testbench

      • Paola Amico, Torsten Böhm

      Pages 95-102

The Workshop "Optical Detectors for Astronomy" was held during October 8-10, 1996 at the headquarters of the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany. This was the third meeting of its kind, previous meetings being held in 1991 and 1993, but this is the first ESO "CCD Workshop" that has published proceedings. Most of the leading manufacturers and major astronomical observatories were represented, with the 117 attendees coming together from 14 different countries that spanned every continent on Earth. The motivation for the ESO CCD Workshop series is the creation of informal and open venue of information exchange about astronomical CCD detectors and systems. Judging from the reaction and feedback of the participants, the 1996 workshop was as successful as the previous editions, which is a credit to all who attended. The Workshop was organized as a mixture of invited talks, oral presentations, poster sessions and roundtable discussions, the latter used to foster a free exchange of ideas among participants. These technical sessions were complemented by an opening reception and a congenial evening in downtown Munich, which included a walking tour of the historic area followed by dinner at the famous Franziskaner brewery and an after dinner talk by Walter Kosonocky, who reviewed the history of CCD technology.

• Astrometry
• CCD
• Observatories
• Sensor
• astronomy
• electronics
• instruments

• European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

  James W. Beletic, Paola Amico

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