256 x 256 HgCdTe focal plane array for the Hubble Space Telescope

Kadri Vural; Lester J. Kozlowski; Robert W. Rasche; Marcia J. Rieke

doi:10.1117/12.22317

1 October 1990 256 x 256 HgCdTe focal plane array for the Hubble Space Telescope

Kadri Vural, Lester J. Kozlowski, Robert W. Rasche, Marcia J. Rieke

Proceedings Volume 1320, Infrared Technology and Applications; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22317
Event: Eighth International Conference Infrared Technology and Applications, 1990, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

We have developed a low dark current, low noise 256 x 256 focal plane array (FPA) for a second generation instrument for the Hubble Space Telescope. The instrument is called NICMOS (Near Infrared Camera Multi-Object Spectrometer) and will have seven 256 x 256 FPAs for different scientific purposes. It is being developed by the University of Arizona and its subcontractors. This retrofit will be installed into the 1-1ST in about five years using the Space Shuttle. The final FPA flight units will be fabricated by our Electro-Optics division. This device is presently the world's largest and most sensitive FPA in waveband of 1.0 -2.5 jim. It is already being successfully used by ground based astronomers.

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Kadri Vural, Lester J. Kozlowski, Robert W. Rasche, and Marcia J. Rieke "256 x 256 HgCdTe focal plane array for the Hubble Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE 1320, Infrared Technology and Applications, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22317

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