A detector technology investigation for the Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO)

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Pascale, Enzo [1 ]
Forder, Stuart [2 ]
Knowles, Peter [2 ]
Sudiwala, Rashmi V. [1 ]
Swinyard, Bruce [3 ]
Tessenyi, Marcell [3 ]
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[1] Cardiff Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, 5 Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, S Glam, Wales
[2] Selex Galileo Ltd, Millbrook Ind Estate, Southampton, Hants SO15 0L, England
[3] Univ London Univ Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England
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instrumentation: detectors; HgCdTe photoconductors;
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10.1117/12.927207
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The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) is currently being studied by ESA as a medium class mission to be launched in the third decade of the new millennium. EChO requires exquisite detector sensitivity and stability under low-background conditions. The EChO longest wavelength instrument covers the very long wavelength (VLWIR) spectral band from 10 to 16 mu m and HgCdTe (MCT) photoconductors constitute a promising technology. Currently available MCT detectors have been developed for high-background and high-temperature operations and little is known about the performance achievable when the same detectors are operated at cryogenic temperatures, between 77K and 4 K. Here we report on the optical and dark measurements obtained on VLWIR MCT photoconductors from European manufacturers at cryogenic temperatures.
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