DATABASE OF TECHNICAL DATA

DETECTORS

The table below lists the detector characteristics for the optical (U – I), near-infrared (J – K) and mid-infrared (L – Q) wavelength regions. Whithin each region all quantities are assumed to be constant as a function of wavelength.

Optical NIR MIR
Read-out noise 2 e- 3 e- 200 e-
Dark current 2 e-/h/pix = 0.00056 e-/s/pix 4 e-/h/pix = 0.0011 e-/s/pix 2000 e-/h/pix = 0.56 e-/s/pix
Quantum efficiency 90 % 90 % 50 %