TY - JOUR
T1 - Far-infrared imaging array for SIRTF
AU - Young, Erick T.
AU - Davis, James T.
AU - Thompson, Craig L.
AU - Rieke, George H.
AU - Rivlis, G.
AU - Schnurr, Richard
AU - Cadien, James
AU - Davidson, Lacinda
AU - Winters, Gregory S.
AU - Kormos, Karen A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grant C84-503 of the Dutch Kidney Foundation (Nierstichting Nederland). The authors thank Willy Bruins-van der Weij for secretarial support and Aly Drent-Bremer for technical assistance.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We describe the design, construction, and performance of the 32 X 32 Ge:Ga imaging array being built at the University of Arizona for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF (MIPS). The array will support a number of operational modes in the MIPS instrument including natural background-limited mapping at 70 micrometers , super-resolution observations at 70 micrometers , and spectral energy distribution measurements between 50 and 100 micrometers. The array is constructed in a modular manner using eight 4 X 32 pixel building blocks. To meet the sensitivity and stability requirements, the array must have excellent photometric repeatability, low noise, and robustness to the effects of the ionizing radiation environment in space. Key elements in attaining this level of performance are the Ge:Ga detectors materials and the cryogenic CRC-696 readout electronics. We present laboratory data for a 16 X 32 prototype of the array, and describe the plans for the construction of the qualification and flight units.
AB - We describe the design, construction, and performance of the 32 X 32 Ge:Ga imaging array being built at the University of Arizona for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF (MIPS). The array will support a number of operational modes in the MIPS instrument including natural background-limited mapping at 70 micrometers , super-resolution observations at 70 micrometers , and spectral energy distribution measurements between 50 and 100 micrometers. The array is constructed in a modular manner using eight 4 X 32 pixel building blocks. To meet the sensitivity and stability requirements, the array must have excellent photometric repeatability, low noise, and robustness to the effects of the ionizing radiation environment in space. Key elements in attaining this level of performance are the Ge:Ga detectors materials and the cryogenic CRC-696 readout electronics. We present laboratory data for a 16 X 32 prototype of the array, and describe the plans for the construction of the qualification and flight units.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.317315
DO - 10.1117/12.317315
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0011809429
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 3354
SP - 57
EP - 65
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation
Y2 - 23 March 1998 through 23 March 1998
ER -