Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec)

Bernard J. Rauscher; Torsten Böker; Craig Cabelli; Guido De Marchi; Pierre Ferruit; James Garnett; Robert J. Hill; Markus Loose; Michael W. Regan; Augustyn Waczynski; Yiting Wen; Selmer Wong; Majid Zandian; David Alexander; Clifford K. Brambora; Rebecca Derro; Carol Dunn; Timothy Ellis; Matthew B. Garrison; Bryan Howe; Peter Jakobsen; Thomas E. Johnson; Miriam Jurado; Ginn Lee; Sridhar S. Manthripragada; James M. Marsh; Cheryl Marshall; Robert J. Martineau; Brent Mott; John Nieznanski; Wayne D. Roher; Kamdin B. Shakoorzadeh; Miles T. Smith; Paolo Strada; Peter Wallis; Wei Xia-Serafino; James York

doi:10.1117/12.668489

15 June 2006 Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec)

Bernard J. Rauscher, Torsten Böker, Craig Cabelli, Guido De Marchi, Pierre Ferruit, James Garnett, Robert J. Hill, Markus Loose, Michael W. Regan, Augustyn Waczynski, Yiting Wen, Selmer Wong, Majid Zandian, David Alexander, Clifford K. Brambora, Rebecca Derro, Carol Dunn, Timothy Ellis, Matthew B. Garrison, Bryan Howe, Peter Jakobsen, Thomas E. Johnson, Miriam Jurado, Ginn Lee, Sridhar S. Manthripragada, James M. Marsh, Cheryl Marshall, Robert J. Martineau, Brent Mott, John Nieznanski, Wayne D. Roher, Kamdin B. Shakoorzadeh, Miles T. Smith, Paolo Strada, Peter Wallis, Wei Xia-Serafino, James York

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Proceedings Volume 6265, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter; 626538 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668489
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

The Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) will be the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST's) primary near-infrared spectrograph. NIRSpec is a multi-object spectrograph with fixed-slit and integral field modes. EADS/Astrium is building NIRSpec for the European Space Agency (ESA), with NASA is providing the detector subsystem and programmable multi-aperture mask. In this paper, we summarize recent progress on the detector subsystem including tests demonstrating that JWST's Rockwell HAWAII-2RG sensor chip assemblies have achieved Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6). Achieving TRL-6 is an important milestone because TRL-6 is required for flight.

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Bernard J. Rauscher, Torsten Böker, Craig Cabelli, Guido De Marchi, Pierre Ferruit, James Garnett, Robert J. Hill, Markus Loose, Michael W. Regan, Augustyn Waczynski, Yiting Wen, Selmer Wong, Majid Zandian, David Alexander, Clifford K. Brambora, Rebecca Derro, Carol Dunn, Timothy Ellis, Matthew B. Garrison, Bryan Howe, Peter Jakobsen, Thomas E. Johnson, Miriam Jurado, Ginn Lee, Sridhar S. Manthripragada, James M. Marsh, Cheryl Marshall, Robert J. Martineau, Brent Mott, John Nieznanski, Wayne D. Roher, Kamdin B. Shakoorzadeh, Miles T. Smith, Paolo Strada, Peter Wallis, Wei Xia-Serafino, and James York "Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec)", Proc. SPIE 6265, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter, 626538 (15 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668489

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