Evaluation of H2RG stability for infrared Earth-observing systems

P. W. Sullivan; W. K. Edens; E. H. Darlington; D. O. Neil

doi:10.1117/12.893702

16 September 2011 Evaluation of H2RG stability for infrared Earth-observing systems

P. W. Sullivan, W. K. Edens, E. H. Darlington, D. O. Neil

Proceedings Volume 8155, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications; and Single Photon Imaging II; 81550S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893702
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Although originally developed for astronomical applications, the space qualification and availability of the Teledyne HAWAII detector make it appealing for high-precision Earth-observing systems such as the carbon monoxide correlation radiometer required for GEO-CAPE. In this shot noise-limited application, the signal-to-noise ratio of a co-averaged measurement is driven by the detector's temporal stability. To assess the stability, we operated the H2RG under monitored blackbody illumination. The Teledyne SIDECAR ASIC provided 16-bit digitization and clocking for integration times faster than the frame conversion time. With proper application of reference signals, the co-averaging of hundreds of frames is possible. Integrations of one-quarter of the full well depth can attain precision to the 200 ppm level in the co-averaged result. For integrations above three-quarters the well depth, the precision reaches 111 ppm.

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P. W. Sullivan, W. K. Edens, E. H. Darlington, and D. O. Neil "Evaluation of H2RG stability for infrared Earth-observing systems", Proc. SPIE 8155, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications; and Single Photon Imaging II, 81550S (16 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893702

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