Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)
Laboratory test of the VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope
List of Authors: Cosentino R, Hernandez M, Ventura H, Campana S, Claudi R, Schipani P, Aliverti M, Baruffolo A, Ben-Ami S, Biondi F, Capasso G, D'Alessio F, D'Avanzo P, Hershko O, Kuncarayakti H, Landoni M, Munari M, Pignata G, Rubin A, Scuderi S, Vitali F, Young D, Achren J, Araiza-Duran JA, Arcavi I, Brucalassi A, Bruch R, Cappellaro E, Colapietro M, Della Valle M, De Pascale M, Di Benedetto R, D'Orsi S, Gal-Yam A, Genoni M, Kotilainen J, Li Causi G, Marty L, Mattila S, Rappaport M, Radhakrishnan K, Ricci D, Riva M, Salasnich B, Slemer A, Smartt S, Sanchez RZ, Stritzinger M
Conference name: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Book title *: Proceedings of SPIE: Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Journal name in source: GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY IX
Journal acronym: PROC SPIE
Title of series: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume number: 12184
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 0277-786X
eISSN: 1996-756X
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2628246
URL: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628246
SOXS is the new spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope able to cover the optical and NIR bands thanks to two different arms: the UV-VIS (350-850 nm), and the NIR (800-2000 nm). In this article, we describe the final design of the visible camera cryostats, the test facilities for the CCD characterization, and the first results with the scientific detector. The UV-VIS detector system is based on a e2v CCD 44-82, a custom detector head coupled with the ESO Continuous Flowing Cryostat (CFC) cooling system and the New General Detector Controller (NGC) developed by ESO. The laboratory facility is based on an optical bench equipped with a Xenon lamp, filter wheels to select the wavelength, an integrating sphere, and a calibrated diode to measure the flux. This paper outlines the visible camera cryostat, the test facilities for the CCD characterization and the first results with the scientific detector in the laboratory and after the integration to the instrument.
