ARCONS: A 2024 Pixel Optical through Near-IR Cryogenic Imaging Spectrophotometer

被引：119

作者：

Mazin, B. A. ^{[1
]}

Meeker, S. R. ^{[1
]}

Strader, M. J. ^{[1
]}

Szypryt, P. ^{[1
]}

Marsden, D. ^{[1
]}

van Eyken, J. C. ^{[1
]}

Duggan, G. E. ^{[1
]}

Walter, A. B. ^{[1
]}

Ulbricht, G. ^{[1
]}

Johnson, M. ^{[1
]}

Bumble, B. ^{[2
]}

O'Brien, K. ^{[3
]}

Stoughton, C. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[2] NASA Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[3] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England

[4] Fermilab Ctr Particle Astrophys, Batavia, IL 60510 USA

来源：

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC | 2013年 / 125卷 / 933期

基金：

美国能源部;

关键词：

Astronomical Instrumentation; RESOLUTION; DETECTOR; ARRAY; CRAB;

D O I：

10.1086/674013

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We present the design, construction, and commissioning results of ARCONS, the Array Camera for Optical to Near-IR Spectrophotometry. ARCONS is the first ground-based instrument in the optical through near-IR wavelength range based on microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). MKIDs are revolutionary cryogenic detectors, capable of detecting single photons and measuring their energy without filters or gratings, similar to an X-ray microcalorimeter. MKIDs are nearly ideal, noiseless photon detectors, as they do not suffer from read noise or dark current and have nearly perfect cosmic ray rejection. ARCONS is an integral field spectrograph (IFS) containing a lens-coupled 2024 pixel MKID array yielding a 20xx20 field of view and has been deployed on the Palomar 200inch and Lick 120inch telescopes for 24 nights of observing. We present initial results showing that ARCONS and its MKID arrays are now a fully operational and powerful tool for astronomical observations.

引用

页码：1348 / 1361

页数：14

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