Silicon vidicon imaging resolution

While these data show that the image dissector is superior to the silicon target vidicon in several respects for atomic spectroscopy, the silicon vidicon and other integrating detectors retain significant advantages for molecular absorption (39) and fluorescence spectroscopy (40) where resolution requirements are not so demanding, available radiant fluxes are higher, and a... 

In this paper we briefly discuss the operation of the silicon intensified target (SIT) vidicon, describing what we conclude to be the spectroscopically most important properties of the detector. We provide experimental evaluation of the SIT vidicon characteristics including two-dimensional image fidelity channel-to-channel and pixel-to-pixel response as a function of position on the detector and temporal resolution and gating. We illustrate how these unique properties enhance our ability to make spectroscopic measurements while at the same time impose limitations on the use of the SIT vidicon. 

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