CRIRES User Manual
Doc. Number: ESO-254264
Doc. Version: P109.4
Issued on:
2021-12-01
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Table 2: Summary of science detector parameters.
Parameter
DETECTOR 1
DETECTOR 2
DETECTOR 3
Serial Number
SN17308
SN17306
SN17310
Dark current [e
-
/s]
0.03
0.03
0.03
Thermal background [e
-
/s]
0.05
0.05
0.05
Gain [e
-
/ADU]
2.15
2.19
2.00
Quantum Efficiency @2000nm [%]
93
98
95
Read-out noise
[e
-
RMS]
MinDIT=1.427s
11
12
12
DIT<50s
interpolation between the upper and lower value
accordingly to selected DIT
DIT
³
50s
6
6
6
Saturation [ADU/px]
37000
37000
37000
Non-linearity
[ADU/px]
1%
6000
6000
6000
5%
18000
18000
18000
10%
29000
29000
29000
Operating Temp [K]
35±0.005
35±0.005
35±0.005
Figure 24: Dark current of detector #3 measured in K band
4.3.2 Correcting for detectors non-linearity
All common IR detectors suffer from non-linearity effects. In the case of CRIRES, deviation
from linearity is of the order of 5% of the detected flux at about 18k ADUs and increases