InSb arrays for SIRTF

Judith L. Pipher; William J. Forrest; Jian Wu

doi:10.1117/12.211280

6 June 1995 InSb arrays for SIRTF

Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, Jian Wu

Proceedings Volume 2475, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211280
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

SIRTF, and other infrared space astronomy projects, require detector arrays with extremely high sensitivity. It is a goal of SIRTF to achieve background limited performance at all wavelengths. Especially critical is the spectral region around 3 micrometers , where the zodiacal dust emission and scattering reaches a minimum, and where there are no other natural background sources, and where a cooled space telescope provides negligible background. This is a spectral region where many of the most interesting astrophysical sources can best be studied. The IRAC (infrared array camera) SIRTF experiment requires short wavelength detector arrays (2 - 5 micrometers ) that achieve background limited operation.

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Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, and Jian Wu "InSb arrays for SIRTF", Proc. SPIE 2475, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy, (6 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211280

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