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Sub electron readout noise & photon counting devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

P. Kern ,
J.-L. Gach ,
Ph. Balard ,
O. Daigle ,
G. Destefanis ,
Ph. Feautrier ,
Ch. Guillaume  and
J. Rothman
J.-L. Gach*
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 38 rue Fréderic Joliot Curie, 13388 Marseille, France
Ph. Balard
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 38 rue Fréderic Joliot Curie, 13388 Marseille, France
O. Daigle
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique Expérimentale, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. centre-ville, Montréal, (Québec), H3C 3J7, Canada
G. Destefanis
Affiliation:
CEA/LETI, Minatec, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Ph. Feautrier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, BP. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Ch. Guillaume
Affiliation:
Aix-Marseille Université, Observatoire de Haute Provence, 04870 St. Michel l'Observatoire, France
J. Rothman
Affiliation:
CEA/LETI, Minatec, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
*
jean-luc.gach@oamp.fr
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Abstract

We present recent advances on ultra low noise visible detectors at Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, photon counting and EMCCD developments in collaboration with Observatoire de haute provence, Laboratoire d'astrophysique de l'observatoire de Grenoble and Laboratoire d'Astrophysique Experimentale (Montreal). After a review of the progress with third generation Image Photon Counting Systems (IPCS), we present the OCAM camera, based on the E2V CCD220 EMCCD, part of the Opticon JRA2 programme, and the CCCP controller, a new controller for the 3DNTT instrument that reduces the clock induced charge of an EMCCD by a factor 10, making it competitive with IPCS detectors for very faint fluxes. We will finally present the RAPID project and the concept of photon counting avalanche photodiode CMOS device (in collaboration with CEA-LETI) which is foreseen to be the ultimate detector for the visible-IR range providing no readout noise, high QE and extremely fast readout.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 37: Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008 , 2009 , pp. 255 - 270
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2009

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