Characterization of solid state array cameras for the mid-IR |
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Authors: | Eric Keto Roger Ball John Arens Garrett Jernigan Margaret Meixner |
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Affiliation: | 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, POB 808 L-59, 94550, Livermore, California 2. NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA 4. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract: | We present a characterization of some processes affecting the performance of solid state array cameras designed for ground based astronomical imaging in the 8–13μm atmospheric window. Our discussion includes a novel model for electron-hole generationrecombination noise based on the probable pathlength of an electron in a photoconductor. We use the Berkeley mid-IR Array Camera as an example. For this camera, the results show that the total optical system composed of the camera, a 3m telescope, and the atmosphere has an efficiency of about 3%, a 1σ noise equivalent flux density of 25 mJy min?1/2arcsec?2 measured over a Δλ/λ=10% band width, and a noise equivalent expressed as the ambient temperature thermal black body noise of 23%. |
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