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16 - 21 June 2024
Yokohama, Japan
Conference 13103 > Paper 13103-99
Paper 13103-99

Fast resets of sub-windows on infrared detectors as a strategy for persistence mitigation

18 June 2024 • 17:30 - 19:00 Japan Standard Time | Room G5, North - 1F

Abstract

Persistence effects in HgCdTe infrared detectors cause significant artifacts that can impact the quality of science observations for up to many hours after exposure to bright/saturating sources. This problem will have a substantially greater impact on viable observing modes for infrared cameras on future ELTs due to the leap in sensitivities that is expected. In this paper we present new results from an updated test system that was previously used to prototype "on-detector guide windows" to provide fast T/T feedback to AO systems, interleaved with simultaneous (slow) full-frame readouts for science. We now explore the possibility of continuously resetting these small regions of the detector that are illuminated with a compact source as a strategy for mitigating persistence.

Presenter

NRC-Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
Dr. Edward Chapin is a staff research engineer at Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics. His interests range from observational cosmology to the development of instruments at optical, infrared and (sub)millimetre wavelengths. He is currently a core member of a team that is developing real-time controllers for a number of modern adaptive optics systems, and is also investigating novel readout techniques for infrared detectors. He has published >100 articles.
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NRC-Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
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NRC-Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada)
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Univ. of Victoria (Canada)