Optical Detector Systems at the European Southern Observatory

摘要

An introductory overview of recent, current, and future optical detector projects at ESO is given. These projects fall into 3 categories: (i) commissioning of detector systems with, their host instruments (FLAMES, HARPS, VIMOS, and UVES blue upgrade) and VLT 2~(nd) generation instruments (MUSE and X-shooter), (ii) the wide-angle mosaic imager OmegaCAM, and (iii) projects with a preparatory component for OWL(adaptive optics and the New General detector Controller, NGC, for both optical and infrared instruments). Their main characteristics, objectives, and realization are briefly described.