Sixteen Multiple-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Devices and Characterization Techniques Targeting the Next Generation of Astronomical Instruments
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| author | Lapi, Agustin J. Gimenez, Blas J. Irigoyen Gamero, Miqueas E. Blanco, Claudio R. Chavez Chierchie, Fernando Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo Holland, Stephen Botti, Ana M. Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda A. Tiffenberg, Javier Estrada, Juan |
| author_facet | Lapi, Agustin J. Gimenez, Blas J. Irigoyen Gamero, Miqueas E. Blanco, Claudio R. Chavez Chierchie, Fernando Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo Holland, Stephen Botti, Ana M. Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda A. Tiffenberg, Javier Estrada, Juan |
| contents | We present a candidate sensor for future spectroscopic applications, such as a Stage-5 Spectroscopic Survey Experiment or the Habitable Worlds Observatory. This type of charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor features multiple in-line amplifiers at its output stage allowing multiple measurements of the same charge packet, either in each amplifier or in the different amplifiers. Recently, the operation of an eight-amplifier sensor has been experimentally demonstrated, and we present the operation of a 16-amplifier sensor. This new sensor enables a noise level of ~1e-rms with a single sample per amplifier. In addition, it is shown that sub-electron noise can be achieved using multiple samples per amplifier. In addition to demonstrating the performance of the 16-amplifier sensor, we aim to create a framework for future analysis and performance optimization of this type of detectors. New models and techniques are presented to characterize specific parameters, which are absent in conventional CCDs and Skipper CCDs: charge transfer between amplifiers and independent and common noise in the amplifiers and their processing. |
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| spellingShingle | Sixteen Multiple-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Devices and Characterization Techniques Targeting the Next Generation of Astronomical Instruments Lapi, Agustin J. Gimenez, Blas J. Irigoyen Gamero, Miqueas E. Blanco, Claudio R. Chavez Chierchie, Fernando Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo Holland, Stephen Botti, Ana M. Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda A. Tiffenberg, Javier Estrada, Juan Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics We present a candidate sensor for future spectroscopic applications, such as a Stage-5 Spectroscopic Survey Experiment or the Habitable Worlds Observatory. This type of charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor features multiple in-line amplifiers at its output stage allowing multiple measurements of the same charge packet, either in each amplifier or in the different amplifiers. Recently, the operation of an eight-amplifier sensor has been experimentally demonstrated, and we present the operation of a 16-amplifier sensor. This new sensor enables a noise level of ~1e-rms with a single sample per amplifier. In addition, it is shown that sub-electron noise can be achieved using multiple samples per amplifier. In addition to demonstrating the performance of the 16-amplifier sensor, we aim to create a framework for future analysis and performance optimization of this type of detectors. New models and techniques are presented to characterize specific parameters, which are absent in conventional CCDs and Skipper CCDs: charge transfer between amplifiers and independent and common noise in the amplifiers and their processing. |
| title | Sixteen Multiple-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Devices and Characterization Techniques Targeting the Next Generation of Astronomical Instruments |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.19505 |