Herding photons: correction algorithm for the brighter-fatter effect in the JWST-MIRI Si:As detectors

Danny Gasman; Ioannis Argyriou; Michael Engesser; Michael Regan; Jeroen Bouwman

doi:10.1117/12.3016930

28 August 2024 Herding photons: correction algorithm for the brighter-fatter effect in the JWST-MIRI Si:As detectors

Danny Gasman, Ioannis Argyriou, Michael Engesser, Michael Regan, Jeroen Bouwman

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Proceedings Volume PC13103, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy XI; PC131030O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016930
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) uses three Si:As impurity band conduction (IBC) detectors. These detectors make use of an arsenic-doped infrared-active layer to excite photo-electrons and an electric potential applied across the layer guide them to the pixels. The electric potential depletes the layer of electron-hole pairs. As charge accumulates this region shrinks, resulting in more photo-electrons recombining and not reaching the pixels, which produces non-linear voltage integration ramps. On top of this, the spatial and spectral information may be blurred by up to 20% due to charge migration, depending on the contrast between pixels. This ’Brighter-Fatter Effect’ (BFE) has been observed in detectors for optical and near-infrared wavelengths as well, though it manifests differently in the mid-infrared IBC detectors. Since both the non-linearity and BFE are dependent on the amount of charge accumulated, we propose a fitting and correction routine that corrects both simultaneously for all MIRI observing modes.

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Danny Gasman, Ioannis Argyriou, Michael Engesser, Michael Regan, and Jeroen Bouwman "Herding photons: correction algorithm for the brighter-fatter effect in the JWST-MIRI Si:As detectors", Proc. SPIE PC13103, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy XI, PC131030O (28 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016930

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