2013
Scientific Detector Workshop, October 7 - 11, 2013, Florence, Italy

• Precision UV-QE Measurements at Optical Detectors
  Poster  by S. Deiries (as pdf-file, 2 MB)
  Poster-pop-presentation  by S. Deiries (as pptx-file, 4 MB)
  Paper  by S. Deiries (as pdf-file, 1 MB)
• The Millikelvin Challenge - Cryogenic Control with Industrial PLCs
  Poster  by R. Reiss (as pdf-file, 2 MB)
• ESO Adaptive Optics Prototype Controller for the E-ELT
  Poster  by J. Reyes (as pdf-file, 1 MB)
• Wide-Band Spice Model of the High-Speed and High-Voltage Transformers for the CCD220
  Poster  by J. Romero, Univ. of Malaga, Spain (as pdf-file, 1 MB)
• State-of-the-art detector controller for ESO instruments
• Poster  by L. Mehrgan (as pdf-file, 800 kB)
• The CCD riddle revisted: Signal versus time - linear, signal versus variance - non-linear
  Poster  by M. Downing,  (as pdf-file, 700 kB)
  Paper  by M. Downing,  (as pdf-file, 600 kB)
• High QE, 3e- RoN, fast 700 fps, 1760 x 1680 pixels CMOS Imager
  Paper  by M. Downing,  (as pdf-file, 2 MB)
• Optimization and Deployment of the e2v L3-Vision CCD220
  Paper  by M. Downing,  (as pdf-file, 3 MB)

2012

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, July 01 - 06, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Vacuum and Cryogenic System for the MUSE Detectors
  Paper   by J. L. Lizon  (as pdf-file, 500 kB)
• Optical bi-stable Shutter Development/Improvement
  Paper   by J. L. Lizon  (as pdf-file, 300 kB)
• A Series of Detector Systems for MUSE
  Paper   by J. L. Lizon  (as pdf-file, 500 kB)
• The MUSE Instrument Detector System
  Paper   by R. Reiss   (as pdf-file, 500 kB)
• An Overview of AONGC and the ESO Adaptive Optics Wave Front Sensing Camera
  Paper   by J. Reyes   (as pdf-file, 1 MB)
• First results from a novel curving process for large area scientific imagers
  Paper   by O. Iwert
• Backside-Illuminated, high QE, 3e- RoN, fast 700 fps, 1760 x 1680 pixels CMOS Imager for AO with highly parallel readout
  Paper   by M Downing
  

2011

• Colour computer vision: Fundamentals, allpications and challenges
  Presentation   by I. Molina-Conde, Depto. Tecnologia Electronica, Univ. of Malaga, Spain   (as pdf-file, 1.6 MB)

2010

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, June 27 - July 02, 2010, San Diego, California

• AO Wavefront Sensing Detector Developments at ESO
  Paper   by M. Downing  (as pdf-file, 1.9 MB)
  Presentation   by M. Downing  (as pdf-file, 1.3 MB)
• SPIE conference 2010 Highlights - Summary Talks
  Presentation   by M. Downing   (as pdf-file, 2.6 MB)
  Presentation   by O. Iwert   (as pdf-file, 3 MB)

2009

Detectors for Astronomy Workshop, October 12 - 16, 2009, Garching

• Optical Detector Systems at ESO
  Writeup   by D. Baade   (as pdf-file, 131 kB)
  Presentation   by D. Baade   (as ppt-file, 5.2 MB)
• Bulk Silicon CCDs, Point Spread Functions, and Photon Transfer Curves: CCD Testing Activities at ESO
  Presentation   by M. Downing   (as ppt-file, 4.7 MB)
• Wavefront Sensor for Adaptive Optics
  Writeup   by M. Downing   (as pdf-file, 2.7 MB)
  Presentation   by M. Downing   (as ppt-file, 9.6 MB)
• CCD UV QE Improvement by Gas and Thermal Treatment
  Poster   by S. Deiries   (as pdf-file, 1.9 MB)
  Writeup   by S. Deiries   (as pdf-file, 1 MB)
• Developing of Python Module to Detector Characterisation
  Poster   by N. Haddad   (as pdf-file, 671 kB)
• Ultrastable Operation of CCDs for High Resolution Spectrographs
  Poster   by O. Iwert   (as pdf-file, 202 kB)
• The Challenge of Highly Curved Monolithic Imaging Detectors
  Poster   by O. Iwert   (as pdf-file, 140 kB)
• The MUSE Detector System
  Writeup   by R. Reiss   (as pdf-file, 3.9 MB)
  Poster   by R. Reiss   (as pdf-file, 2.5 MB)
• ESO AO Wavefront Sensor Camera
  Writeup   by J. Reyes   (as pdf-file, 425 kB)
  Poster   by J. Reyes   (as pdf-file, 1.3 MB)

International Image Sensor Workshop, June 26 - 29, 2009, Bergen, Norway

• Commercial CMOS Situation, link to Scientific CMOS, some CCDs, Glance at other Applications
  Workshop wrap up - part 1,
  Presentation by O. Iwert   (as pdf-file, 6.5 MB)
• Selected Examples of up-coming CMOS Technology
  Workshop wrap up - part 2,
  Presentation   by M. Downing   (as pdf-file, 8.8 MB)

2008

• ODT Annual Summary 2008
  Presentation   by D. Baade   (as pdf-file, 4.2 MB)

2007

• ODT Annual Summary 2007
  Presentation   by D. Baade   (as pdf-file, 5.4 MB)
• ELT AO WFS - Possible Developments
  Presentation   by M. Downing et. al.   (as pdf-file, 4.2 MB)
• pnCCD - First Test Results
  Presentation   by M. Downing et. al.   (as pdf-file, 4.1 MB)
• ESO Test Plan for AO WFS CCD220
  Presentation   by M. Downing et. al.   (as pdf-file, 3.4 MB)

INS Monthly Meeting, Oct 26, 2007, Garching

• Innovative Software Engineering Applied to NGC for Optical Detectors
  Presentation   by C. Cumani et. al.   (as pdf-file, 460 kB)

2006

• ODT Annual Summary 2006
  Presentation   by D. Baade   (as pdf-file, 2.4 MB)
• Optical Detector Systems
  Presentation   by D. Baade   (as pdf-file, 2.1 MB)

SPIE´s International Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, May 24 - 31, 2006, Orlando, Florida

• The OmegaCAM 16k x 16k CCD Detector System for the ESO VLT Survey Telescope (VST)
  Paper   by O. Iwert et. al.   (as pdf-file, 940 kB)
• CCD riddle: a) signal vs time: linear; b) signal vs variance: non-linear
  Paper   by M. Downing et. al.   (as pdf-file, 360 kB)
• Custom CCD for adaptive optics applications
  Paper   by M. Downing et. al.   (as pdf-file, 470 kB)

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