Technological developments of the OGRE focal plane array

James H. Tutt; Randall L. McEntaffer; Casey DeRoo; Ted Schultz; Thomas Rogers; Neil Murray; Andrew Holland; Daniel Weatherill; Karen Holland; David Colebrook; David Farn

doi:10.1117/12.2186630

18 September 2015 Technological developments of the OGRE focal plane array

James H. Tutt, Randall L. McEntaffer, Casey DeRoo, Ted Schultz, Thomas Rogers, Neil Murray, Andrew Holland, Daniel Weatherill, Karen Holland, David Colebrook, David Farn

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Proceedings Volume 9601, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIX; 960105 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186630
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) is a high resolution soft X-ray spectrometer sub-orbital rocket payload designed as a technology development platform for three low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) components. The incident photons will be focused using a light-weight, high resolution, single-crystal silicon optic. They are then dispersed conically according to wavelength by an array of off-plane gratings before being detected in a focal plane camera comprised of four Electron Multiplying Charge-Coupled Devices (EM-CCDs). While CCDs have been extensively used in space applications; EM-CCDs are seldom used in this environment and even more rarely for X-ray photon counting applications, making them a potential technology risk for larger scale X-ray observatories. This paper will discuss the reasons behind choosing EM-CCDs for the focal plane detector and the developments that have been recently made in the prototype camera electronics and thermal control system.

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James H. Tutt, Randall L. McEntaffer, Casey DeRoo, Ted Schultz, Thomas Rogers, Neil Murray, Andrew Holland, Daniel Weatherill, Karen Holland, David Colebrook, and David Farn "Technological developments of the OGRE focal plane array", Proc. SPIE 9601, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIX, 960105 (18 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186630

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