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The Impact of Array Detectors on High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Stephen T. Ridgway
Affiliation:
Kitt Peak National Observatory1 P.O. Box 26732 Tucson, Arizona 85726 U.S.A.
Kenneth H. Hinkle
Affiliation:
Kitt Peak National Observatory1 P.O. Box 26732 Tucson, Arizona 85726 U.S.A.

Abstract

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Infrared detector arrays implemented for astronomical use during the past few years achieve performance gains which have profound implications for infrared spectroscopy. Arrays are now available with ∼ few × 103 pixels, each of which is ∼ 102 times more sensitive than previous single element detectors. Depending on the spectral regime, it is now possible to construct infrared spectrometers with limiting sensitivities 10–500 times fainter than in current use.

Type
I. Spectrographs, Detectors, Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, and Radial Velocities
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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