@inproceedings{b24bc1bb0a4a4f19b0d2fbbeaf87c596,
title = "Testing results from pathfinder HgCdTe infrared detectors for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission",
abstract = "Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, a NASA planetary defense space mission, is currently in Phase B with a launch date in 2026. NEO Surveyor is an infrared telescope designed to detect and characterize Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). The required sensors leverage the space flight heritage and further development over the last 15 years of HgCdTe arrays to detect infrared light spanning from 4 to 10 µm. NEO Surveyor will employ eight passively cooled HgCdTe Sensor Chip Assemblies (SCAs) across two bands, each band consisting of a 1x4 SCA mosaic to cover a wide field of view. Four of these SCAs have a >5.5 µm cutoff wavelength and cover the shorter 4-5.2 µm (NC1) band, while four SCAs will have a >10.5 µm cutoff wavelength and span the longer 6-10 µm (NC2) band. We present calibration and performance results from two recently produced pathfinder SCAs, one for each band, manufactured by Teledyne Imaging Sensors with development guidance from the University of Arizona, the University of Rochester, and JPL. Both devices demonstrate the requisite low dark current, high well depth, and high quantum efficiency, exceeding mission requirements.",
keywords = "HgCdTe, LWIR, MWIR, NEO Surveyor",
author = "Nick Reilly and Zengilowski, {Gregory R.} and Sean Carey and Meghan Dorn and Eisenhardt, {Peter R.} and Mark Farris and Donald Lee and Mainzer, {Amy K.} and Franco Masci and Craig McMurtry and Jainmei Pan and Judith Pipher and Lennon Reinhart and Ressler, {Michael E.} and Kristin Ringhand and Jason Surace and James Peterson and Wong, {Andre F.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding was received from Cornell University through New York Space Grant No. 80NSSC20M0096 for this work, and also from the University of Arizona through the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission Extended Phase A Grant No. 80MSFC20C0045. The research described in this paper was carried out in part at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 SPIE.; X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy X 2022 ; Conference date: 17-07-2022 Through 20-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2629687",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Holland, {Andrew D.} and James Beletic",
booktitle = "X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy X",
}