wp2 - emccd's

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• aims of our contribution to WP2:
  
  
  • specify the functional and performance requirements for EMCCD's when used as fast spectroscopic detectors
  • assess how the various EMCCD chip types currently available meet the functional and performance requirements we have set
  • procure the EMCCD's which meet the functional and performance requirements we have set
  • characterise the procured EMCCD's using the controller developed as part of WP5, the software developed as part of WP6 and the camera head developed as part of WP7
  
  
  
  
• status of our contribution to WP2:
  
  
  • requirements document currently being prepared, based on modelling of EMCCD performance as a fast spectroscopic detector (Q1 2005)
  • completed assessment of the currently available (and soon to be available) EMCCD's, and obtained quotations (Q1 2005)
    
    
    • E2V CCD97:     512x512, 16 μm pixels, frame transfer, 93% peak QE @ 570nm, 5.8 kpounds (science grade)
    • TI TX285SPD-31:     1004x1002, 8 μm pixels, frame transfer, 63% peak QE @ 570nm, 4 kpounds (science grade)
    • E2V CCD201:     1024x1024, 13 μm pixels, frame transfer, 97% peak QE @ 570nm, 15 kpounds (science grade, enhanced coating), available Q3 2005
    • Andor (E2V) DU970:     1600x200, 16 μm pixels, NOT frame transfer, 93% peak QE @ 570nm, 5 kpounds (science grade), exclusive to Andor
    • Andor (E2V) DU971:     1600x400, 16 μm pixels, NOT frame transfer, 93% peak QE @ 570nm, 10 kpounds (science grade), exclusive to Andor
  
  
  
  
• future plans for our contribution to WP2:
  
  
  • procure EMCCD's (Q2-Q3 2005)
  • characterise EMCCD's in laboratory (Q3 2005-Q1 2006)
  • characterise EMCCD's on telescope (Q2-Q3 2006)
  
  
  
  
• spend, to date, on our contribution to WP2:
  
  
  • engineering grade, 512x512 pixel, thick EMCCD from E2V: 1 kpounds
  • staff effort (at UKATC): 0 months
  
  
  
  
• future spend on our contribution to WP2:
  
  
  • science grade TX285SPD-31 from Texas Instruments: 4 kpounds
  • either
    science grade CCD201 from E2V (engineering grade device provided free of charge): 15 kpounds
    or
    science grade DU971N from Andor Technology: 10 kpounds
  • staff effort (at UKATC): 2 months

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