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Michelle Detector

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


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Last update August 14 2002; Tom Hayward and R. S. Fisher