Computational approach of the dark current Spectroscopy in CCDs as complex systems. I. experimental part and choice of the uniqueness parameters

The Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) are complex systems, even the validity of the Arrhenius' relation and of the Meyer-Neldel rule for CCDs representing fingerprints of their complex character. For this reason, the computational approach of the temperature dependence of dark current (TDDC) in CCDs requires a previous suitable choice of their dominant uniqueness parameters (DUP), as well as a detailed study of the compatibility of the simplified theoretical model corresponding to these DUP with the existing experimental data. In order to obtain sufficiently accurate evaluations of more physical parameters than those given by the classical Dark Current Spectroscopy in CCDs, this work studied thoroughly both the experimental procedure and data referring to the TDDC in CCDs, as well as the most rigorous identification of the corresponding dominant uniqueness parameters.