Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 6, 1002(2022)
Performance test method of InGaAs near infrared detector for astronomical observation
Based on the evaluation system of astronomical infrared detectors, the performance of two InGaAs NIR detectors, liquid nitrogen-cooled and thermoelectric-cooled, was tested using a modified "photon transfer curve" tests method. The measured value is 83 e-, which is much higher than the nominal value of 15 e-; the high and low conversion factors of NIRvana are 1.25 ADU/e- and 0.097 ADU/e-, respectively, and the readout noise is 105 e- and 380 e-; the measured value of dark current of NIRvana at the high conversion factor step is 415 e-/s, which is about twice of the nominal value. The theoretical estimate of the signal electron number of the Yunnan Observatory two-meter ring telescope at 1.565 μm solar magnetic field measurement is about 8800 e-, and the NIRvana-LN detector signal-to-noise ratio is 70 under the measured dark current of 4.06 e-/s, image exposure time of 20 ms, and readout noise of 83.59 e-.
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Bai-Cheng SUN, Jie GUO, Fang-Yu XU, Ming-Guo FAN, Xiao-Xia GONG, Yong-Sheng XIANG, Yun LING, Yu-Chen ZHANG. Performance test method of InGaAs near infrared detector for astronomical observation[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(6): 1002
Category: Research Articles
Received: May. 26, 2022
Accepted: --
Published Online: Feb. 6, 2023
The Author Email: Jie GUO (ynnugj@ sohu. com), Fang-Yu XU (xu_fangyu@ ynao.ac.cn)