Mr. Henrique Casanova Candeias Profile

Henrique Casanova Candeias

at Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2023 Open Access

Results of the METimage HgCdTe flight photodetector test campaign

Rémi Rivière, Klaus-Werner Kruse, Henrique Candeias, Laurent Vial, Céline Riuné, Michael Skegg, Olivier Saint-Pé

Proceedings Volume 12777, 127773R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2690563

KEYWORDS: Compliance, Photodetectors, Mercury cadmium telluride, Surface plasmons, Performance modeling, Astronomical imaging, Signal detection, Short wave infrared radiation, Equipment, Interference (communication)

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The METimage instrument is an Airbus-primed passive superspectral imaging radiometer measuring thermal radiance emitted by the Earth and solar backscattered radiation in 20 spectral channels from 0.44µm to 13.35µm. The instrument achieves the entire Earth coverage at a low-Earth polar-orbit on daily basis by constantly scanning with spatial resolution of 500m at nadir and constant spatial sampling angle (SSA) across a 2670km swath. In the thermal domain, the most crucial part of the system is the pair of cryogenically-cooled HgCdTe (MCT) photodetectors intended for thermal-domain SMWIR and LVWIR, the development and manufacturing of which was contracted to LYNRED, who have successfully delivered the flight models to Airbus. In this work, the results of the Airbus-hosted flight detection-chain level test campaign in nominal vacuum and cryogenic environment are presented. Their system impacts are evaluated to conclude the expected full flight-worthiness of both delivered photodetectors into the METimage optical payload. First, both dark currents and offsets are characterized: both parameter noise levels quantitatively outperform their predicted values, minimizing their impact on the system signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Then the response linearity of both photodetectors over the required thermal radiance ranges has been measured and has shown better performances than predicted by design over the setup-accessible solar and 185K to 280K thermal radiance ranges. Finally, the random telegraph signal (RTS) signature of both photodetectors is thoroughly characterized based on a novel sharp-edge detection method in conditions mimicking in-orbit operation: after periodic cooldowns and at stable nominal temperatures. Based on these measurements, the sub-pixel selection map (SPSM) is generated, enabling to deselect image elements that are deemed to degrade overall performance from a system perspective. Thanks to a demanding flight model selection procedure applied by LYNRED, the RTS test results of the sorted out devices are significantly better than expected, hence ensuring compliance for system SNR and homogeneity. Full flight worthiness is therefore confirmed and final integration of both photodetectors in the first METimage flight instrument optical system is currently ongoing. Additional presentation content can be accessed on the supplemental content page.

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access

Space optics instrument optimization and characterization with artificial intelligence

Mathieu Ferrato, Rémi Rivière, Henrique Candeias, Sebastian Schmid, Jasper Krauser

Proceedings Volume 11852, 1185265 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2600054

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Proceedings Article | 5 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

RTS effect detection in Sentinel-4 data

Henrique Candeias, Xavier Gnata, Maximilian Harlander, Markus Hermsen, Rüdiger Hohn, Stefan Riedl, Michael Skegg, Christian Williges, Ralf Reulke

Proceedings Volume 10402, 104021B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274310

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Charge-coupled devices, CCD image sensors, Signal detection, Spectroscopy, Near infrared, Detector development, Data acquisition, Data modeling

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