Performance and calibration of H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera

Ori D. Fox, Alexander S. Kutyrev, David A. Rapchun, Christopher R. Klein, Nathaniel Butler, Josh Bloom, José A. De Diego, Alejandro Farah, Neil A. Gehrels, Leonid Georgiev, J. Jesús González, William H. Lee, Markus Loose, Gennadiy Lotkin, Samuel H. Moseley, J. Xavier Prochaska, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Michael G. Richer, Frederick D. Robinson, Carlos Román-ZúñigaMathew V. Samuel, Leroy M. Sparr, Alan M. Watson

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Abstract

The Reionization And Transients Infra-Red camera has been built for rapid Gamma-Ray Burst followup and will provide simultaneous optical and infrared photometric capabilities. The infrared portion of this camera incorporates two Teledyne HgCdTe HAWAII-2RG detectors, controlled by Teledyne's SIDECAR ASICs. While other ground-based systems have used the SIDECAR before, this system also utilizes Teledyne's JADE2 interface card and IDE development environment. Together, this setup comprises Teledyne's Development Kit, which is a bundled solution that can be efficiently integrated into future ground-based systems. In this presentation, we characterize the system's read noise, dark current, and conversion gain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationHigh Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventHigh Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: Jul 1 2012Jul 4 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8453
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherHigh Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period7/1/127/4/12

Keywords

  • ASIC
  • Hawaii-2RG
  • HgCdTe
  • IR Detectors
  • JADE2
  • Noise
  • SIDECAR

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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