Title :
Development of a far-infrared Ge:Ga monolithic array detector for SPICA (space infrared telescope for cosmology and astrophysics)
Author :
Kamiya ; Shirahata, M. ; Matsuura, S. ; Sawayama, Y. ; Doi, Y. ; Kawada, M. ; Nakagawa, T. ; Creten, Y. ; Okcan, B. ; Raab, W.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We are developing a far-infrared Ge:Ga monolithic array detector for the future space telescope SPICA. We demonstrate the performance of our detector by showing the test results of 5×5 pixel prototype detectors. These detectors worked properly and they showed the expected performance.
Keywords :
astronomical telescopes; cosmology; gallium; germanium; infrared detectors; Ge:Ga; SPICA; astrophysics; cosmology; far-infrared monolithic array detector; space infrared telescope; Arrays; Current measurement; Dark current; Detectors; Electrodes; Noise; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612466
