A new algorithm correcting random telegraph noise jumps in CMOS sensors improves SNR of faint stellar light curves by over 5% on average and outperforms masking when the PSF is undersampled or noise sources are comparable.
Single- electron and single-photon sensitivity with a silicon skipper ccd
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The paper reports the design, commissioning on two runs, and measured performance of proto-Lightspeed, a seeing-limited high-speed imager delivering sub-electron read noise on the Magellan Clay Telescope.
50 nm and 100 nm aluminum coatings on skipper-CCDs suppress optical light by more than 99.6 percent from 650 to 1000 nm with no efficiency loss for 5.9 and 6.4 keV X-rays.
Develops and validates a model for small charge packet transport in high-resistivity CCDs using a new depth-dependent lateral spread measurement technique and an extended diffusion algorithm.
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Optimal mitigation of random telegraph noise for improved photometry at high frame rates
A new algorithm correcting random telegraph noise jumps in CMOS sensors improves SNR of faint stellar light curves by over 5% on average and outperforms masking when the PSF is undersampled or noise sources are comparable.
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proto-Lightspeed: a high-speed, ultra-low read noise imager on the Magellan Clay Telescope
The paper reports the design, commissioning on two runs, and measured performance of proto-Lightspeed, a seeing-limited high-speed imager delivering sub-electron read noise on the Magellan Clay Telescope.
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Light-tight skipper-CCDs for X-ray detection in space
50 nm and 100 nm aluminum coatings on skipper-CCDs suppress optical light by more than 99.6 percent from 650 to 1000 nm with no efficiency loss for 5.9 and 6.4 keV X-rays.
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Studies on small charge packet transport in high-resistivity fully-depleted CCDs
Develops and validates a model for small charge packet transport in high-resistivity CCDs using a new depth-dependent lateral spread measurement technique and an extended diffusion algorithm.