Laboratory testing and characterization of a hybrid fast/slow readout mode for the H2RG detectors in SCALES
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| author | Benac, Peyton Fitzgerald, Michael P. Wang, Eric Magnone, Kenneth Johnson, Chris Skemer, Andrew J. Hinz, Philip MacDonald, Nick Sandford, Dale Stelter, R. Deno Deich, William Miles, Brittany E. Sallum, Steph Greene, Thomas Loose, Markus Blank, Richard |
| author_facet | Benac, Peyton Fitzgerald, Michael P. Wang, Eric Magnone, Kenneth Johnson, Chris Skemer, Andrew J. Hinz, Philip MacDonald, Nick Sandford, Dale Stelter, R. Deno Deich, William Miles, Brittany E. Sallum, Steph Greene, Thomas Loose, Markus Blank, Richard |
| contents | The upcoming SCALES (Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy) instrument for W.M. Keck Observatory will enable new imaging and low-/mid-resolution coronagraphic integral field spectroscopic observations over the wavelength range from 2-5 microns. At the heart of the instrument are two HgCdTe Teledyne Imaging H2RG detectors, designed for a 100kHz pixel clock rate (slow mode) with a fixed 4-channel readout. However, in ground-based operation at these wavelengths, the resulting minimum frame readout time will result in the infrared background saturating the detector. To enable high quality observations without saturation from the bright infrared sky background, we operate the detectors using a custom cable for buffered readout via the Teledyne Imaging SIDECAR ASIC followed by an AstroBlank/Markury Scientific MACIE controller card controlled by custom firmware. This combination allows the detector to be read out at faster pixel clock rates. This, in combination with the slow-mode H2RG, is what we characterize as hybrid fast-slow readout, enabling readout up to 18 times faster than would be possible in slow mode alone. In the UCLA Infrared Lab, we have performed room-temperature and cold tests with the H2RG detectors. We test and optimize full-frame data acquisition with pixel clock rates from 0.2-1.8 MHz. In these proceedings, we present a summary of the controller software used to operate the H2RG-ASIC-MACIE system. We present the methodology of, and preliminary results from, the UCLA tests of cryogenic operation of both H2RG detectors. We also outline the next steps in verification of detector performance, as well as integration with the SCALES instrument. |
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| spellingShingle | Laboratory testing and characterization of a hybrid fast/slow readout mode for the H2RG detectors in SCALES Benac, Peyton Fitzgerald, Michael P. Wang, Eric Magnone, Kenneth Johnson, Chris Skemer, Andrew J. Hinz, Philip MacDonald, Nick Sandford, Dale Stelter, R. Deno Deich, William Miles, Brittany E. Sallum, Steph Greene, Thomas Loose, Markus Blank, Richard Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The upcoming SCALES (Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy) instrument for W.M. Keck Observatory will enable new imaging and low-/mid-resolution coronagraphic integral field spectroscopic observations over the wavelength range from 2-5 microns. At the heart of the instrument are two HgCdTe Teledyne Imaging H2RG detectors, designed for a 100kHz pixel clock rate (slow mode) with a fixed 4-channel readout. However, in ground-based operation at these wavelengths, the resulting minimum frame readout time will result in the infrared background saturating the detector. To enable high quality observations without saturation from the bright infrared sky background, we operate the detectors using a custom cable for buffered readout via the Teledyne Imaging SIDECAR ASIC followed by an AstroBlank/Markury Scientific MACIE controller card controlled by custom firmware. This combination allows the detector to be read out at faster pixel clock rates. This, in combination with the slow-mode H2RG, is what we characterize as hybrid fast-slow readout, enabling readout up to 18 times faster than would be possible in slow mode alone. In the UCLA Infrared Lab, we have performed room-temperature and cold tests with the H2RG detectors. We test and optimize full-frame data acquisition with pixel clock rates from 0.2-1.8 MHz. In these proceedings, we present a summary of the controller software used to operate the H2RG-ASIC-MACIE system. We present the methodology of, and preliminary results from, the UCLA tests of cryogenic operation of both H2RG detectors. We also outline the next steps in verification of detector performance, as well as integration with the SCALES instrument. |
| title | Laboratory testing and characterization of a hybrid fast/slow readout mode for the H2RG detectors in SCALES |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21168 |