Diving deep into the Milky Way using Anti-Reflection Coatings for Astronomical CCDs
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| author | Aggarwal, Anmol Mittal, Ashi Seabroke, George M. Puri, Nitin K. |
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| contents | We report two anti-reflection (AR) coatings that give better quantum efficiency (QE) than the existing AR coating on the Gaia astrometric field (AF) CCDs. Light being the core of optical astronomy is extremely important for such missions, therefore, the QE of the devices that are used to capture it should be substantially high. To reduce the losses due to the reflection of light from the surface of the CCDs, AR coatings can be applied. Currently, the main component of the Gaia satellite, the AF CCDs use hafnium dioxide (HfO2) AR coating. In this paper, the ATLAS module of the SILVACO software has been employed for simulating and studying the AF CCD pixel structure and several AR coatings. Our findings evidently suggest that zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) and tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) will prove to be better AR coatings for broadband astronomical CCDs in the future and will open new avenues for understanding the evolution of the Milky Way. |
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| spellingShingle | Diving deep into the Milky Way using Anti-Reflection Coatings for Astronomical CCDs Aggarwal, Anmol Mittal, Ashi Seabroke, George M. Puri, Nitin K. Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Applied Physics Instrumentation and Detectors Optics We report two anti-reflection (AR) coatings that give better quantum efficiency (QE) than the existing AR coating on the Gaia astrometric field (AF) CCDs. Light being the core of optical astronomy is extremely important for such missions, therefore, the QE of the devices that are used to capture it should be substantially high. To reduce the losses due to the reflection of light from the surface of the CCDs, AR coatings can be applied. Currently, the main component of the Gaia satellite, the AF CCDs use hafnium dioxide (HfO2) AR coating. In this paper, the ATLAS module of the SILVACO software has been employed for simulating and studying the AF CCD pixel structure and several AR coatings. Our findings evidently suggest that zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) and tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) will prove to be better AR coatings for broadband astronomical CCDs in the future and will open new avenues for understanding the evolution of the Milky Way. |
| title | Diving deep into the Milky Way using Anti-Reflection Coatings for Astronomical CCDs |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Applied Physics Instrumentation and Detectors Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17570 |