Astrophysics and Space Science

, Volume 160, Issue 1–2, pp 333–343 | Cite as

Infrared detector arrays and some applications to spectroscopy

  • A. T. Tokunaga
Sixth Session Instrumentation
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Abstract

The read noise, dark current, and pixel sizes of state-of-the-art infrared arrays for astronomy are presented. Considerations for instrument development utilizing infrared arrays are discussed, with emphasis on the background emission and expected sensitivity. A simple method of estimating the background emission on the JNLT and some applications to spectroscopy are presented.

Keywords

Spectroscopy Detector Array Pixel Size Dark Current Infrared Detector 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. T. Tokunaga
    • 1
  1. 1.University of HawaiiHonoluluUSA

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