Optimization and Performance Evaluation for the Science Detector Systems of IGRINS

  • Jeong, Ueejeong (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Chun, Moo-Young (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Oh, Jae-Sok (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Park, Chan (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Yu, Young Sam (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Oh, Heeyoung (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Yuk, In-Soo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Kim, Kang-Min (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Ko, Kyeong Yeon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Pavel, Michael (Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin) ;
  • Jaffe, Daniel T. (Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin)
  • Published : 2014.10.13

Abstract

IGRINS (the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrometer) is a high resolution wide-band infrared spectrograph developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT). This spectrograph has H-band and K-band science cameras, both of which use Teledyne's $2.5{\mu}m$ cutoff $2k{\times}2k$ HgCdTe HAWAII-2RG CMOS science grade detectors. Teledyne's cryogenic SIDECAR ASIC boards and JADE2 USB interface cards were installed to control these detectors. We performed lab experiments and test observations to optimize and evaluate the detector systems of science cameras. In this presentation, we describe a process to optimize bias voltages and way to reduce pattern noise with reference pixel subtraction schemes. We also present measurements of the following properties under optimized settings of bias voltages at cryogenic temperature (70K): read noise, Fowler noise, dark current, and reference-level stability, full well depth, linearity and conversion gain.

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