Commissioning of the CCD231 4Kx4K detector for PMAS

Martin M. Roth; Thomas Fechner; Dieter Wolter; Christer Sandin; Andreas Kelz; Svend M. Bauer; Emil Popow; Ana Monreal-Ibero; Carolina Kehrig; Ole Streicher

doi:10.1117/12.856936

16 July 2010 Commissioning of the CCD231 4K×4K detector for PMAS

Martin M. Roth, Thomas Fechner, Dieter Wolter, Christer Sandin, Andreas Kelz, Svend M. Bauer, Emil Popow, Ana Monreal-Ibero, Carolina Kehrig, Ole Streicher

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Proceedings Volume 7742, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV; 774209 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856936
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The PMAS integral field spectrophotometer, operated at the Calar Alto Observatory 3.5m Telescope, is one of the most demanded instruments of its kind. The optical system was designed for a camera field of view to accommodate a 4K×4K detector with 15μm pixels. However, due to a failure of one of the initially foreseen 2K×4K CCDs in a mosaic configuration, only half of the available field of view could be covered to date. Owing to the high demand from the user community, an upgrade to the full complement of 4K×4K pixels was envisaged, based on the availability of the new e2v CCD231 device. We describe the specification, implementation, test, and commissioning of this new detector for PMAS.

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Martin M. Roth, Thomas Fechner, Dieter Wolter, Christer Sandin, Andreas Kelz, Svend M. Bauer, Emil Popow, Ana Monreal-Ibero, Carolina Kehrig, and Ole Streicher "Commissioning of the CCD231 4K×4K detector for PMAS", Proc. SPIE 7742, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV, 774209 (16 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856936

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