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Optimisation of SPRITE integration and readout lengths

Optimisation of SPRITE integration and readout lengths
Optimisation of SPRITE integration and readout lengths
The SPRITE (Signal Processing in the Element) detector comprises a long thin filament of mercury cadmium telluride. The filament is divided into two sections, the integration and readout regions. Ambipolar drift speed in the filament is matched to the scanning speed in a thermal imager, and the device performs in the element the functions normally achieved with time-delay-and-integrate electronics. We consider the optimum choice of integration section length having regard to the trade-off between high and low spatial frequency performance. The readout section length can also be optimized, in this case the noise performance of the detector preamplifier is an important consideration, because both noise and responsivity of the detector fall at high frequencies.
9780819415981
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126-135
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Rutt, Harvey N.
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Rutt, Harvey N.
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Rutt, Harvey N. (1994) Optimisation of SPRITE integration and readout lengths. In, Infrared Detectors: State of the Art II. (proceedings of SPIE, 2274) SPIE International Symposium on Optics, Imaging and Instrumentations (01/07/94) Bellingham, US. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, pp. 126-135. (doi:10.1117/12.189238).

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The SPRITE (Signal Processing in the Element) detector comprises a long thin filament of mercury cadmium telluride. The filament is divided into two sections, the integration and readout regions. Ambipolar drift speed in the filament is matched to the scanning speed in a thermal imager, and the device performs in the element the functions normally achieved with time-delay-and-integrate electronics. We consider the optimum choice of integration section length having regard to the trade-off between high and low spatial frequency performance. The readout section length can also be optimized, in this case the noise performance of the detector preamplifier is an important consideration, because both noise and responsivity of the detector fall at high frequencies.

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Published date: 7 October 1994
Additional Information: Event Dates: July 1994
Venue - Dates: SPIE International Symposium on Optics, Imaging and Instrumentations, San Diego, 1994-07-01

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Local EPrints ID: 77087
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/77087
ISBN: 9780819415981
PURE UUID: de3818ea-1304-45f8-892a-0b0d3ce110e8

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 23:44

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Author: Harvey N. Rutt

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