Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...209.9802g&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #98.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
A Quantum Efficiency Machine has been developed at Lawrence Berkeley Lab to measure the quantum efficiency (QE) of the novel thick CCD's planned for use in the Supernova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) mission. It is conventional, but with significant innovations. The most important of these is that the reference photodiode (PD) is coplanar with the cold CCD inside the dewar. The PD is on a separate heat sink regulated to the PD calibration temperature. The effects of geometry and reflections from the dewar window are eliminated, and since the PD and the CCD are observed simultaneously, light intensity regulation is not an issue. A ``dark box'' provides space between the exit port of the integrating sphere and the CCD dewar, ensuring nearly uniform illumination. It also provides a home for a reflectometer and spot projector, both of which are fed by the alternate beam of the monochromator.
The measurement of reflectivity (R) is essential for corroborating the QE measurements, since QE < 1-R everywhere, and QE = 1-R over much of the spectral region. In our reflectometer the light monitor and the CCD carriage are both moved so that no extra mirrors are introduced. The intrinsic point-spread function (PSF) of a CCD is limited by transverse diffusion of the charge carriers as they drift to the potential wells, driven by the electric field produced by the substrate bias potential---hence a bias voltage that is normally several times that needed for total depletion. A precision spot projector is installed in the dark box for the measurements. A PSF rms width of 3.7 pm 0.2 um is obtained for the 200 um thick SNAP CCD's biased at 115 V, thus meeting the SNAP design goals. The result agrees with simple theory once the electric field dependence of carrier mobility is taken into account.
Bebek Chris J.
Fabricius Maximilian
Fairfield Jessamyn A.
Groom Donald E.
Karcher Armin
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