2.5-um PACE-I HgCdTe 1024x1024 for infrared astronomy

Lester J. Kozlowski; Kadri Vural; Scott A. Cabelli; C. Y. Chen; Donald E. Cooper; Gary L. Bostrup; D. M. Stephenson; William V. McLevige; Robert B. Bailey; Klaus-Werner Hodapp; Donald N. B. Hall; William E. Kleinhans

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14 September 1994 2.5-μm PACE-I HgCdTe 1024x1024 FPA for infrared astronomy

Lester J. Kozlowski, Kadri Vural, Scott A. Cabelli, C. Y. Chen, Donald E. Cooper, Gary L. Bostrup, D. M. Stephenson, William V. McLevige, Robert B. Bailey, Klaus-Werner Hodapp, Donald N. B. Hall, William E. Kleinhans

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Proceedings Volume 2268, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185846
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Rockwell Science Center and the University of Hawaii have developed a short wavelength infrared (SWIR) 1024 X 1024 focal plane array (FPA). The continuing project is funded by the U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory in connection with their Advanced Electro Optical System (AEOS) 3.67 m telescope project on Haleakala, Maui. We have achieved our objective of developing a 1024 X 1024 FPA with a cut-off wavelength of 2.5 micrometers . The device is named the HgCdTe Astronomical Wide Area Infrared Imager (HAWAII). The first hybrids have been characterized, delivered and first light achieved two days ahead of schedule; performance highlights include successful elimination of the reset anomaly (whose presence limited the noise performance of prior astronomical 256 X 256 FPAs), total FPA dark current < 0.1 e-/sec at 77 K, pixel yield > 99%, quantum efficiency > 50%, BLIP-limited sensitivity at low-10⁹ photons/cm²-sec background and operating temperatures to 120 K, and read noise < 10 e-.

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Lester J. Kozlowski, Kadri Vural, Scott A. Cabelli, C. Y. Chen, Donald E. Cooper, Gary L. Bostrup, D. M. Stephenson, William V. McLevige, Robert B. Bailey, Klaus-Werner Hodapp, Donald N. B. Hall, and William E. Kleinhans "2.5-μm PACE-I HgCdTe 1024x1024 FPA for infrared astronomy", Proc. SPIE 2268, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II, (14 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185846

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