Achieving sub-electron readout noise in Skipper CCDs

Details Achieving sub-electron readout noise in Skipper CCDs Achieving sub-electron readout noise in Skipper CCDs

2011-06-09

arxiv.org/abs/1106.1839v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

16 pages, 11 figures

Scientific paper

The readout noise for Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) has been the main limitation when using these detectors for measuring small amplitude signals. A readout system for a new scientific, low noise CCD is presented in this paper. The Skipper CCD architecture, and its advantages for low noise applications are discussed. A technique for obtaining sub-electron readout noise levels is presented, and its noise and signal characteristics are derived. We demonstrate a very low readout noise of $0.2e^{-}$ RMS. Also, we show the results using the detector in a low-energy X-ray detection experiment.

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