• DocumentCode
    819250
  • Title

    Transient radiation effects in ultra-low noise HgCdTe IR detector arrays for space-based astronomy

  • Author

    Pickel, James C. ; Reed, Robert A. ; Ladbury, Ray ; Marshall, Paul W. ; Jordan, Thomas M. ; Gee, George ; Fodness, Bryan ; McKelvey, Mark ; McMurray, Robert ; Ennico, Kim ; McCreight, Craig ; Waczynski, Augustyn ; Polidan, Elizabeth J. ; Johnson, Scott D.

  • Author_Institution
    PR&T Inc., Fallbrook, CA, USA
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    2657
  • Lastpage
    2663
  • Abstract
    We present measurements of proton-induced single event transients in ultra-low noise HgCdTe IR detector arrays being developed for space-based astronomy and compare to modeling results.
  • Keywords
    cadmium compounds; infrared detectors; mercury compounds; radiation effects; HgCdTe; HgCdTe IR detector arrays; modeling results; space-based astronomy; transient radiation effects; ultra-low noise; Astronomy; Electrons; Event detection; Infrared detectors; NASA; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation detectors; Radiation effects; Sensor arrays; Telescopes; HgCdTe; IR detectors; single event transients; space-based astronomy; transient noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2005.860732
  • Filename
    1589253