pNIC: a near-infrared camera for testing focal plane arrays

Mark Hereld; Doyal A. Harper; Robert J. Pernic; Bernard J. Rauscher

doi:10.1117/12.19074

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1 July 1990 pNIC: a near-infrared camera for testing focal plane arrays

Mark Hereld, Doyal A. Harper, Robert J. Pernic, Bernard J. Rauscher

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Proceedings Volume 1235, Instrumentation in Astronomy VII; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19074
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1990, Tucson, AZ, United States

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This paper describes the design and the performance of the Astrophysical Research Consortium prototype near-infrared camera (pNIC) designed to test focal plane arrays both on and off the telescope. Special attention is given to the detector in pNIC, the mechanical and optical designs, the electronics, and the instrument interface. Experiments performed to illustrate the most salient aspects of pNIC are described.

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Mark Hereld, Doyal A. Harper, Robert J. Pernic, and Bernard J. Rauscher "pNIC: a near-infrared camera for testing focal plane arrays", Proc. SPIE 1235, Instrumentation in Astronomy VII, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19074

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