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Detector Information

Michelle contains the same detector as T-ReCS. Some basic characteristics of the detectors are shown in the table below:

Manufacturer Raytheon SBRC
Design Impurity-band Conductor (IBC)
Multiplexer CRC-774
Format 320x240 pixels
Pixel Size 50 micron
# Outputs 16
Well Depth Switchable:
Low Background ~ 3e6 e-
High Background ~ 1e7 e-
Active Layer Si:As
Wavelength range 5-28 micron

In deep well mode, Michelle's detector saturates at about 50,000 ADU. Add more info of this kind here?


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