Dr. Olivier Daigle Profile

Dr. Olivier Daigle

CTO at Nuvu Cameras Inc

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Publications (29)

Proceedings Article | 19 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Development of a 1U new space camera for EMCCD and CCD sensors with enhanced low-light sensitivity

Adam Gilbert, Farbod Jahandar, Jeremy Turcotte, Jean Dupuis, Olivier Daigle, Sarah Bouguéroua, Oleg Djazovski, René Doyon, Marie-Eve Ducharme

Proceedings Volume 12729, 127291C (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2679002

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Prototyping, Vibration, Cameras, Design and modelling, Clocks, Temperature metrology, Dark current, Interfaces, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Electron multiplying CCDs for sensitive wavefront sensing at 3k frames per second

Olivier Daigle, Yoann Gosselin, Jérémy Turcotte, Abtin Ghodoussi, Arnaud Symon, Émile Beaulieu

Proceedings Volume 12185, 121857A (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626240

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Wavefront sensors, Clocks, Charge-coupled devices, Electronics, Quantum key distribution, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope coronagraph EMCCD flight camera electronics development

Olivier Daigle, James Veilleux, Frédéric Grandmont, Patrick Morrissey, Christophe Basset, Nathan Bush, Michael Hoenk, Adam Gilbert, Jérémy Turcotte, Abtin Ghodoussi

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218064 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626242

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Clocks, Electronics, Cameras, Field programmable gate arrays, Coronagraphy, Analog electronics, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Photon counting

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Proceedings Article | 3 June 2022 Presentation + Paper

EMCCD for future SDA applications

Y. Gosselin, K. Watanabe-Brouillette, O. Daigle, E. Beaulieu, S. Thibault

Proceedings Volume 12121, 121210F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618354

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Signal detection, Radiation effects, Imaging systems, Tolerancing, Space telescopes, Radar, Photon counting, Optical tracking, Detection and tracking algorithms

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SPIE Journal Paper | 18 March 2020 Open Access

Quantum yield estimation for an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device from photon counting test data

Robert Gleisinger, Neil Rowlands, Alan Scott, Olivier Daigle

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 01, 011008, (March 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.1.011008

KEYWORDS: Quantum efficiency, Electrons, Silicon, Charge-coupled devices, Ultraviolet radiation, Sensors, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Reflectivity, Photon counting, Crystals

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SPIE Journal Paper | 12 March 2020

Delta-doped electron-multiplying CCDs for FIREBall-2

Gillian Kyne, Erika Hamden, Shouleh Nikzad, Keri Hoadley, April Jewell, Todd Jones, Michael Hoenk, Samuel Cheng, D. Christopher Martin, Nicole Lingner, David Schiminovich, Bruno Milliard, Robert Grange, Olivier Daigle

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 01, 011007, (March 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.1.011007

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Clocks, Chromium, Spectrographs, Ultraviolet radiation, Calibration, Quantum efficiency, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2018 Paper

Ultraviolet sensitivity of a teledyne-e2v EMCCD

Neil Rowlands, Ken Smith, Olivier Daigle, Oleg Djazovski, Alan Scott, Alexander Beaton, Andrew Wilson

Proceedings Volume 10709, 107090D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313022

KEYWORDS: Quantum efficiency, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Ultraviolet radiation, Photons, Photodiodes, Silicon, Sensors, Visible radiation

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Electron multiplying charged coupled devices (EMCCD’s) can provide significantly greater signal to noise ratios in low light conditions and/or for higher speed readout than traditional CCDs. Due to the electron multiplication before readout, the effective readout noise can be at the sub-electron level, enabling single photon counting. Traditional far UV (150 – 200 nm) imaging detectors have utilized micro-channel plates to detect usually scarce UV photons at low efficiency, amplify them into electron showers which strike a phosphor, allowing a silicon detector array to perform the final detection of the resulting visible light pulse. The typical efficiencies of UV photo detection with MCP systems ranges from a low of a few percent to as high as 25%. Given that the theoretical probability of absorption of UV photons in silicon is at least 30% in this wavelength range, then it should be possible to make use of a photon counting EMCCD to directly detect UV photons that is competitive with MCP performance. We approached Teledyne-e2v and they confirmed that a backside thinned EMCCD with their ‘astro no-coat’ process should provide reasonable quantum efficiency (ie. > 30%) in this range. The primary application in which we are interested is UV imaging of the aurora from space-based platforms. In this application there are system level advantages to replacing an MCP based detector with an EMCCD which is directly sensitive to UV illumination, namely the elimination of a high voltage power supply and higher spatial resolution. An MCP produces an electron shower which degrades image quality and also requires a relatively thick detector window which has to be accommodated in the imager optical design. We acquired five CCD201 engineering model EMCCDs with e2v’s ‘astro no-coat’ process, and incorporated one of these into a standard flexible liquid nitrogen cooled EMCCD camera produced by Nüvü Camēras. Once installed the EMCCD operation was confirmed with standard Nüvü Camēras test procedures. The camera was then mounted in a test vacuum chamber along with a McPherson UV monochromator so that the UV performance could be assessed. A NIST traceable photodiode was used for the absolute calibration. The resulting intrinsic QE was found to be 34% at 180 nm rising to 44% at 150 nm. The quantum yield was found to be quite low, only a few percent at 180 nm rising to only 1.13-1.18 at 150 nm. This is considerably lower than comparable results from CCDs where delta-doping has been used to improve the responsive quantum efficiency and also lower than a Teledyne-e2v CMOS sensor with the same surface treatment.

Proceedings Article | 17 July 2018 Paper

First on-sky results, performance, and future of the HiCIBaS-LOWFS

Denis Brousseau, Guillaume Allain, Simon Thibault, Cédric Vallée, Mireille Ouellet, Jean-Pierre Véran, Olivier Daigle

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107035T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314354

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Cameras, Telescopes, Sensors, Axicons, Modulation, Wavefronts, Optical components, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2018 Paper

A precursor mission to high contrast imaging balloon system

Guillaume Allain, Denis Brousseau, Marie-Pier Lord, Samy Ouahbi, Mireille Ouellet, Deven Patel, Simon Thibault, Cédric Vallée, Collin Bradley, Olivier Daigle, René Doyon, Michael Helmbrecht, Matthew Kenworthy, David Lafrenière, Frank Marchis, Christian Marois, Steeve Montminy, Frans Snik, Gautam Vasisht, Jean-Pierre Véran, Philippe Vincent, Ruslan Belikov, Eduardo Bendek, Frédéric Grandmont, David Doelman, Célia Blain, Chris de Jong, Olivier Côté

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070248 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314071

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Imaging systems, Coronagraphy, Cameras, Space telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Stars, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2018 Paper

TRL-5 EMCCD controller for space applications

Éric Gloutnay, Olivier Daigle, Jérémy Turcotte, Frédéric Grandmont, James Veilleux, Simon Thibault, Deven Patel, Oleg Djazovski

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106986E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312575

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Cameras, Coronagraphy, Clocks, Electronics, Amplifiers, Imaging systems, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Preliminary characterization results of a large format 4k x 4k EMCCD

Jérémy Turcotte, Étienne Artigau, Olivier Daigle, René Doyon

Proceedings Volume 10709, 107090A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312709

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Charge-coupled devices, Signal processing, Spectrographs, Signal to noise ratio, Spectral resolution, Photon counting

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2016 Paper

The effect of proton radiation on the EMCCD for a low Earth orbit satellite mission

Ken Smith, Louis Piche, Olivier Daigle, Alan Scott, Danya Hudson

Proceedings Volume 9915, 991508 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233620

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Cameras, Clocks, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Radiation effects, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Clocks, Lead

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

Canadian contributions studies for the WFIRST instruments

J.-F. Lavigne, F. Grandmont, D. Lafrenière, C. Marois, O. Daigle, S. Thibault, D. Schade, É. Artigau, D. Brousseau, J. Maire, G. Cretot-Richert, D. Laurin, N. Rowlands, M.-È. Ducharme, L. Levesque, J. Dupuis

Proceedings Volume 9904, 990413 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232641

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Image processing, Planets, Sensors, Calibration, Coronagraphy, Stars, Iterated function systems, Cameras, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

Comparison of EMCCD post-processing methods for photon counting flux ranges

Nassim Rousset, Jérémie Villeneuve, Jean-Hughes Fournier-Lupien, Anis Attiaoui, Gabriel Taillon, Sébastien Francoeur, Olivier Daigle

Proceedings Volume 9154, 91540F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055350

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Electrons, Photon counting, Autoregressive models, Quantum efficiency, Interference (communication), Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Bayesian inference

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

EMCCDs: 10 MHz and beyond

Myriam Francoeur, Olivier Daigle, Oleg Djazovski, René Doyon, Denis Laurin

Proceedings Volume 9154, 91540B (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054977

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Clocks, Electrons, Manganese, X-rays, Manufacturing, Data acquisition, Image quality, Adaptive optics, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

Astronomical imaging with EMCCDs using long exposures

Olivier Daigle, René Doyon, Étienne Artigau, Oleg Djazovski, Jean Dupuis

Proceedings Volume 9154, 91540D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056617

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Cameras, Image processing, Data acquisition, Data processing, Astronomical imaging, Charge-coupled devices, Photons, Organic light emitting diodes

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

Candidate detector assessment for the CASTOR mission

Alan Scott, Neil Rowlands, Olivier Daigle, Patrick Cote

Proceedings Volume 9154, 91542C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057033

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Staring arrays, Charge-coupled devices, Quantum efficiency, Ultraviolet radiation, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Silicon carbide, Photons, Back illuminated sensors

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2013 Paper

Electron-multiplying CCDs for future space instruments

Oleg Djazovski, Olivier Daigle, Denis Laurin, Mireille Bedirian, Marie-Eve Ducharme, Étienne Artigau, René Doyon

Proceedings Volume 8915, 89150Q (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036206

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Clocks, Signal to noise ratio, Sensors, Imaging systems, Quantum efficiency, CCD cameras, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2013 Paper

Ultra-high sensitivity detection of bimodal probes at ultra-low noise for combined fluorescence and positron emission tomography imaging

Yves Bérubé-Lauzière, Nikta Zarifyussefian, Olivier Daigle, Elena Ranyuk, Réjean Lebel, Johannes Van Lier, Brigitte Guérin, Roger Lecomte, Marc Massonneau, Marie-Eve Ducharme, Mathieu Letendre-Jauniaux

Proceedings Volume 8574, 85740M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005794

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Positron emission tomography, Cameras, In vivo imaging, Molecules, Signal to noise ratio, Proteins, In vitro testing, Image segmentation, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Characterization results of EMCCDs for extreme low-light imaging

Oleg Djazovski, Étienne Artigau, Denis Laurin, René Doyon, Olivier Daigle

Proceedings Volume 8453, 845303 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926385

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Clocks, Photons, Fourier transforms, Signal to noise ratio, Photon counting, Temperature metrology, Light sources

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

EMCCD camera noise performance for the Brazilian tunable filter imager

Javier Ramirez-Fernandez, Denis Andrade, Keith Taylor, Olivier Daigle, Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, Bruno Quint

Proceedings Volume 8453, 84531U (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925188

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Sensors, Tunable filters, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Connectors, Photons, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Cryogenic design of the EMCCD cameras for the Brazilian tunable filter imager

Denis Andrade, Olivier Daigle, Keith Taylor, Javier Ramirez Fernandez, Dani Guzman, Claudia Mendez de Oliveira

Proceedings Volume 7742, 77421W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856929

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Cryogenics, Tunable filters, Imaging systems, Aluminum, Interfaces, Copper, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

The darkest EMCCD ever

Simon Lessard, Olivier Daigle, Pierre-Olivier Quirion

Proceedings Volume 7742, 774203 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856405

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Cameras, Clocks, Photon counting, Signal to noise ratio, Charge-coupled devices, Stars, Quantum efficiency, Photometry, Video

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Proceedings Article | 26 January 2010 Paper

Photon counting with an EMCCD

Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Olivier Daigle

Proceedings Volume 7536, 753606 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840047

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Photon counting, Signal to noise ratio, Video, Human-machine interfaces, Data acquisition, Data communications

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

3D-NTT: a versatile integral field spectro-imager for the NTT

F. Rigaud, P. Balard, P. Vallée, P. Amram, B. Epinat, J.-L. Gach, J. Boulesteix, O. Boissin, C. Balkowski, C. Carignan, M. Marcelin, M.-M. de Denus Baillargeon, O. Daigle, O. Hernandez

Proceedings Volume 7014, 701455 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800300

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Tunable filters, Interferometers, Sensors, Telescopes, Image resolution, Spectral resolution, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Glasses, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

CCCP: a CCD controller for counting photons

Claude Carignan, Christian Guillaume, Simon Lessard, Olivier Daigle, Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Jean-Luc Gach

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70146L (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788929

KEYWORDS: Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Photon counting, Signal to noise ratio, Charge-coupled devices, Photons, Clocks, Quantum efficiency, Temperature metrology, Signal processing, Interference (communication)

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

The imaging Bragg tunable filter: a new path to integral field spectroscopy and narrow band imaging

Keith Taylor, Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Olivier Daigle

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62695H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672614

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Galactic astronomy, Prototyping, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Field spectroscopy, Astronomy, Cameras, Modulation, Fiber Bragg gratings, Interference filters

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

Faint flux performance of an EMCCD

Claude Carignan, Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Olivier Daigle

Proceedings Volume 6276, 62761F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669433

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Signal processing, Charge-coupled devices, Photon counting, Quantum efficiency, Digital signal processing, Numerical simulations, Amplifiers, Interference (communication)

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

L3CCD results in pure photon-counting mode

Claude Carignan, Olivier Boisin, Olivier Daigle, Christian Guillaume, Philippe Balard, Jean-Luc Gach

Proceedings Volume 5499, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552411

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Photon counting, Quantum efficiency, Charge-coupled devices, Gallium arsenide, Interference (communication), Cameras, Signal attenuation, Clocks, CCD cameras

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