Three Ways to Detect Light. Following: Lord Rosse image of M33 vs. Hubble image demonstrate how critical detector technology is.
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1 Three Ways to Detect Light In photon detectors, the light interacts with the detector material to produce free charge carriers photon-by-photon. The resulting miniscule electrical currents are amplified to yield a usable electronic signal. The detector material is typically some form of semiconductor, in which energies around an electron volt suffice to free charge carriers; this energy threshold can be adjusted from ~ 0.01 ev to 10eV by appropriate choice of the detector material. In thermal detectors, the light is absorbed in the detector material to produce a minute increase in its temperature. Exquisitely sensitive electronic thermometers react to this change to produce the electronic signal. Thermal detectors are in principle sensitive to photons of any energy, so long as they can be absorbed in a way that the resulting heat can be sensed by their thermometers. Thermal detectors are important for the X- ray and the far-infrared through mm-wave regimes. In coherent detectors, the electrical field of the photon interacts with a locally generated signal that downconverts its frequency to a range that is compatible with further electronic processing and amplification. Downconversion refers to a multi-step process in which the incoming photon electrical field is mixed with a local electrical field of slightly different frequency. The amplitude of the mixed signal increases and decreases at the difference frequency, termed the intermediate frequency (IF). This signal encodes the frequency of the input photon and its phase. Following: Lord Rosse image of M33 vs. Hubble image demonstrate how critical detector technology is.
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4 A modern electronic detector (in this case, the 2k X 2K photodiode arrays used in NIRCam for JWST)
5 Photon detector and semiconductor terminology: Photon absorption and creation of free charge carriers in semiconductors is the basic process behind photo-detection. The electrical behavior of a semiconductor is usually indicated with an energy level (or band gap) diagram: the low energy levels indicate all crystal bonds in place, higher levels for free electrons, and the energy to break the bonds as the energy band gap. Compare the diagram of crystal structure (above) with the band gap diagrams (below). To free an electron in intrinsic material (1) requires a certain energy indicated by the band gap. It takes less energy to free charge carriers from impurities (2) and (3).
6 Terminology to describe detector behavior: quantum efficiency indirect vs. direct absorption linearity dynamic range resolution time response spectral response responsivity noise shot noise Johnson/kTC noise excess noise (e.g., electronic)
7 The net absorption is characterized by the absorption coefficient, a. Note the difference between direct and indirect absorption (e.g., silicon vs. GaAs). Quantum mechanical selection rules do not permit transfers at the band gap energy for indirect absorbers. The quantum efficiency is: ab a( ) d S S e S 0 a( ) d 1 e 1, (3)
8 A decent detector will have close to linear response over some range of signal, and will completely saturate at some high level. In between, it is possible to recover information the range of signal where useful information can be obtained is the dynamic range.
9 We characterize the resolution in a number of ways, including the MTF. Although the time response can have complex behavior, we will deal mostly with simple resistance-capacitance (RC) behavior: v out v 0 t / e RC, t 0 RC The spectral response drops abruptly to zero at the band gap or excitation energy. The responsivity is the amps out per watt of signal in. It rises linearly to the cutoff wavelength for an ideal detector (assuming one charge carrier per absorbed photon). (9)
10 1 2 1 C V N kt 2 2 Johnson and ktc Noise The circuit below has both potential energy (charge on the capacitor) and kinetic energy (Brownian motion of electrons in the resistor) From thermodynamics, we have kt/2 of energy with each degree of freedom, leading to: 2 4kTdf I J R To control this type of noise, we need to operate the detector cold and build it to have a very large resistance. Must also operate cold to control thermally generated currents Here is what the very simplest detector might look like
11 R C In a simple photoconductor, the photon is absorbed between the contacts. The performance is limited because this detector must have an extremely long RC time constant (since R must be very large to minimize thermal noise), and the geometry cannot be adjusted to separate the R from the C.
12 Detector type #1, Si:X IBC Idea is to create a large resistance for all but the photo-electrons Physical structure to left, band diagram to right; structure is a thin intrinsic layer, then to right of it a heavily doped absorbing layer, then to right, a contact An absorbed photon elevates an electron to the conduction band, from which it can migrate to the contact unimpeded. Thermal charges in the impurity band are blocked at the impurity layer, so dark current is low. Detector type of choice for 5 35mm
13 Use of these detectors in an array requires some architecture changes, to allow attaching the readout (to the left in these drawings). Also, very high purity must be achieved in the silicon to allow for complete depletion of the IR-active layer, or the quantum efficiency will suffer (or the bias will have to be set too high, increasing the noise w is the width of the depleted region, t B the blocking layer thickness, N A the minority impurity concentration, and V b the bias).
14 Here is a state-of-the-art Si:As IBC array (made by Raytheon for MIRI on JWST). It is 1024 X 1024 pixels and at ~ 6.7K delivers dark current < 0.1 e/s, read noise of ~ 15 e rms, and quantum efficiency > 60% from 8 to 26mm (~ 5% of maximum still at 28.3mm and > 30% at 5mm). The pixels are 25mm on a side. Impurities are at the cm -3 level. That is, within a pixel there are silicon atoms and 2 X 10 4 impurity atoms (2 X 10-9 %) A special process is used for the readout circuit so it works well at such low temperatures. Similar devices but poorer readout performance were made by DRS Technologies for WISE.
15 Detector Type #2, Photodiodes A depletion region is created by doping to form a junction between n-type and p-type material
16 An electron has a probability of 0.5 of lying at the Fermi energy level. Dopants shift the Fermi level; n-type up and p-type down. When different doping is applied to adjacent semiconductor volumes, electrons flow until the Fermi level is level, bending the bands. When all the free charge carriers have been captured or driven out of a volume of semiconductor, it is said to be depleted. When backbiased (so external voltage tries to drive electrons up the contact potential), the resistance is large.
17 When a photon is absorbed, the freed charge carriers diffuse through the material until one of them encounters the junction, which it is driven across by the internal field to create the photocurrent. The diffusion coefficient and length are: D m kt q L, D. (17) (18) where m is the mobility (characterizes ability of charge carrier to migrate) and is the recombination time (goes as T 1/2 ). L goes as T 3/4
18 For operation with low dark current, low temperatures are needed Absorbing layer may need to be thinned to 10-20mm to collect charge carriers at these temperatures Two approaches are shown below The yields in doing this can be low, partly explaining the high prices of these arrays. Diodes on back of transparent substrate: Rockwell HgCdTe arrays, used for NICMOS and for large format Hawaii devices Diodes attached to strong substrate (readout) and then thinned: SBRC InSb arrays, used for SIRTF and large format Aladdin device
19 Here are some photodiode materials and their cutoff wavelengths. HgCdTe has a variable bandgap set by the relative amounts of Hg and Te in the crystal. AlGaAsSb behaves similarly. Indirect absorbers will have poor QE just short of the cutoff Material Si Ge InAs InSb HgCdTe GaInAs AlGaAsSb Cutoff wavelength mm) 1.1 (indirect) 1.8 (indirect) 3.4 (direct) 6.8 (direct) ~1.2 - ~ 15 (direct) 1.65 (direct) (direct)
20 An example: Teledyne HgCdTe for all the JWST instruments except MIRI. Here is the architecture of a pixel. Photons come in from the right and the contact to the readout is to the left. The cap layer has the Hg/Te ratio adjusted to increase the bandgap, so free charge carriers are repelled without actually having a discontinuity in the crystal. These arrays come with either 2.5 or 5mm cutoff. A competing technology is diodes in InSb, with a cutoff just beyond 5mm.
21 An example: the HgCdTe arrays for NIRCam and other JWST instruments. They are 2048 X 2048 pixels in size, with 18mm pixels. Dark currents at ~ 37K are e/s for the short cutoff and 0.01 e/s for the long. The QE is > 90% from 1mm to close to the cutoff and > 70% between 0.5 and 1mm. The read noise is ~ 6-7e rms. Similar devices but somewhat lower performance have been made by Raytheon for VISTA.
22 The APD allows gain and even single photon counting with a solid-state device. Avalanche multiplication occurs when the charge carriers are accelerated to high enough energy to free additional charge carriers and so one can produce an avalanche of many. This is a stochastic process and hence brings extra noise, described by the gain dispersion: Avalanche Photodiode (APD) or by the excess noise factor, where G is the gain and G is the standard deviation of the gain.
23 Avalanche Photodiode Design To minimize G want the gain to occur in a very thin region of the detector Use bias to deplete absorption region Large field that produces avalanche is confined to the junction For many materials, avalanching involves both holes and electrons Silicon avalanche photodiodes have F 2 For HgCdTe, the holes can hardly move. Technically we say the hole mobility is much less than the electron mobility Therefore, can have gain in HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes of up to 30 with F < 1.1 this makes possible detectors with impressive capabilities for very rapid readout with low noise Another approach is to increase the gain to yield a pulse for a single absorbed photon There is a dead time of hundreds of nsec to quench the avalanche Thus, this only works for very low photon rates Good when very accurate timing is needed on low signals
24 The Array Revolution in Infrared Astronomy 1968, 5-m telescope, 3 nights, single detector ~ 2000, 1.3-m telescope, 8 seconds, 256 X 256 ~ 2006, 6.5-m telescope, 1 hour, 1024 X 1024 (4 minutes with the 2x X 2048 NIRCam mosaic)
25 Detector Type #3: Image Intensifier Vacuum photodiode - similar in physics to semiconductor photodiode Lower quantum efficiency because photoelectron has to escape from the photocathode in to the vacuum space (photoelectric effect) Operates well at room temperature because the vacuum has high resistance (the limiting issue for its electrical performance is the thermal release of charge carriers from the photocathode)
26 Band gap diagram for a photocathode The work function,, is the energy required for the electron to escape
27 Some old-time image intensifiers All suffer from signal-induced backgrounds. Their outputs are an amplified version of the inputs and any leakage back to the input contaminates the signal.
28 Modern use is in the ultraviolet and with a microchannel array as the amplifier, providing an electronic output with no feedback of light. The microchannel is coated with a material that releases a number of electrons when hit by an energetic electron. A high voltage is maintained from left to right in this diagram to accelerate the electrons and create more at each impact. However, this process is noisy because of the small number of electrons freed on the first impact.
29 The GALEX image intensifiers use a microchannel plate for amplification and its output goes to a grid of electrodes that encode the position where it hit the photocathode with delay lines. That is, by measuring the relative output times of the left and right ends of the x delay line, one determines the position.
30 Photomultipliers are also based on the vacuum photodiode with an amplifier that works by multiple stages of avalanching. The first stage can be manufactured to release many electrons (perhaps 20) and reduce the contribution to the noise.
31 Infrared Detector Arrays Best performance with silicon integrated circuit readout Cannot manufacture high quality electronics in other semiconductors CCD-type readout has charge transfer problems at cold temperatures Direct hybrid construction Fields of indium bumps evaporated on detector array, readout amplifiers Aligned and squeezed together - very carefully
32 The readout: a source follower simple integrating amplifier As charge accumulates on the gate capacitance of the MOSFET, it modulates the current in the channel To keep from saturating, the charge is reset from time to time
33 How should we sample the output?
34 1 2 1 C V N kt 2 2 ktc or Reset Noise The circuit below has both potential energy (charge on the capacitor) and kinetic energy (Brownian motion of electrons in the resistor) From thermodynamics, we have kt/2 of energy with each degree of freedom, leading to: 2 4kTdf I J R From the left expression we get: Q 2 N kt C S q 2. (24) For C = F and T = 40K, the noise is about 45 electrons rms. A NIRCam array has a read noise of 6-7 electrons. How is this done?
35 To avoid reset or ktc noise, we have to use readout strategy (b) or ( c) Then, if R = (say), RC 10 6 sec ( c) lets us take out some forms of slow drift by sampling with the reset switch closed. However it adds root2 more amplifier noise Modern arrays can support strategy (b) even for integrations of seconds In general, the reset noise is read noise ktc q 2 1 e t / RC The ktc noise is then (45e)*(1 - exp(-t/rc) ) = 0.1e for 2000 seconds with additional components from amplifier noise and other sources.
36 V out time More readout options: Fowler sampling to the left and multi-accum to the right. Both address averaging out the high frequency electronic noise (e.g., from the output amplifier). Fowler sampling has an advantage in principle for lower net read noise, multi-accum is more robust against upsets, e.g., cosmic ray hits.
37 Now consider the operation of array of readout amplifiers: This approach has random access and reads nondestructively. That is, we can read out any pixel we want, and we can read it and then leave it exactly as it was with the same signal. This allows interesting read out patterns, like Fowler sampling (multiple samples to drive down amplifier noise) or sampling up the integration ramp.
38 Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) CCDs are actually more complex than infrared arrays, so we have saved them for last. The top shows the physical arrangement of a pixel, and (b) and ( c) the situation before and after exposure to light. The electrodes deplete the silicon near them and create potential wells where free charge carriers collect. To keep the photoelectrons from getting trapped at the back surface, special coatings are applied that bend the bands to repel them.
39 Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Note the resemblance to the simple photoconductor.
40 Reading out a CCD When it is time to read out the signal, it is transferred along the array by manipulating the voltages on the electrodes. This illustration is for a 3-phase CCD, but similar strategies work for 4-phase and, with a bit of a trick on the electrode design, on 2-phase. The isolation of the charge packets provides the high resistance necessary to minimize thermal noise.
41 The charges are brought to the output amplifier in (a) in-line transfer, (b ) interline transfer, or (c ) frame transfer architectures. Astronomers generally prefer (a), in which case the chip continues to collect signal as it is read out. However, when better time definition is needed, interline transfer is used (for example, for X-ray detection).
42 The charge transfer efficiency must be extremely high. If the proportion of charge lost in n transfers is, then the noise in transferring N 0 charges is N CTE ( 2 n N ) 1/ 2. 0 (25) Consider a high performance 2048 X 2048 CCD with 2 electrons read noise. If it is 3-phase, it takes about transfers to transfer the most distant charge package out. Consider a signal of 100 electrons. Then, if the CTE = , the CTE noise is 1.5 electrons! Incredibly high charge transfer efficiency is the key to the performance we need. However, as we have drawn the CCD, the photo-electrons collect at the interface between the electrode and the silicon crystal, where there are lots of open crystal bonds that trap electrons and degrade the CTE. The noise achievable with such surface channel CCDs is many hundreds of electrons. Another source of traps is damage by cosmic rays. The CCDs in the ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys) on HST are getting seriously damaged in this way and their charge transfer efficiency is dropping.
43 The trapping problem is fixed with a buried channel. A thin layer of silicon (about a micron) is doped oppositely to the rest of the detector wafer and the resulting potential minimum causes the electrons to collect in the bulk crystal, not at the electrodes. This does not work at low temperatures (< 70K), and if the wells are over-filled then the CCD has some electrons that revert to surface channel, i.e., serious latent images and bad CTE.
44 If the CCD is clocked out too fast, the electrons do not have time to migrate completely to the next gate and the CTE is reduced, also causing excess noise. One charge transfer mechanism is the thermal motion of the electrons, which results in diffusion. The diffusion length is L D. (18) where D is the diffusion coefficient and is the recombination time. D m kt q, (17) and m is the mobility, a standard semiconductor parameter that is readily available. We can re-interpret this as L is the distance between gates and is the transfer time, and then calculate how long it takes to get all the charge from one gate to another. A typical transfer time is 0.05ms, and we might want to wait something like 8 transfer times to be sure all the electrons got across, so it takes about 0.4ms per full transfer, or 1.2 ms per pixel for a 3-phase device. If we have a 2k X 2k CCD, then it will require about 5 seconds to read it out. Other mechanisms assist the transfer, but this estimate is more or less correct.
45 Another issue with overfilled wells is that charge can leak from one well to its neighbor along the charge transfer direction, leading to blooming. Some CCDs have extra thick channel stops to resist blooming, but this reduces the quantum efficiency and is not used for astronomical detectors.
46 The buried channel CCD approach is very similar to the one using a composition change in the HdCdTe cap layer in a Teledyne array to keep the photo-electrons from getting trapped away from the junction.
47 Reading the signal out Finally, the signal gets to the output amplifier. By using a floating gate to put the matching charge (by capacitive coupling) on the MOSFET gate, we can read it out while avoiding ktc noise. Since we retain the charge after readout, we can take it to another amplifier and read it again to reduce the net noise.
48 Some other aspects of CCD performance: Pixel binning - does not degrade the noise, so is a painless way to reduce the number of effective pixels in the array. This can reduce data rates and also effective read noise.
49 Time-Delay-Integration (TDI) The CCD charge transfer process lends itself naturally to clocking charge in one direction at a set rate. This capability can be useful in applications where images drift across the detector array at a constant (relatively slow) rate the charge generated by a source can be moved across the CCD to match the motion of the source. As a result, the CCD can integrate efficiently on the moving scene of sources without physically moving anything to track their motion.
50 Orthogonal charge transfer: It is possible to arrange 4- phase electrodes to allow transfer of charge in either direction and backwards and forwards. As shown here, transfer downward goes , to the right goes , and so forth.
51 Deep Depletion Because silicon is an indirect absorber, CCDs tend to have poor QE near 1 micron. The curves, in order of increasing absorption, are for 5, 10, 15, 30, and 50mm.
52 Just making the CCD thick reduces the free electron collection efficiency (particularly in the blue where the electrons are freed in the first microns). A deep depletion CCD solves this problem by putting a transparent contact on the back surface and placing a bias voltage on it so drive the photoelectrons into the wells.
53 CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) detectors CMOS detectors are like taking just the readout for an infrared array and placing photodiodes on the inputs of the amplifiers. Because they can be made in standard integrated circuit foundries, they are relatively cheap. They can also be made with a lot of the support electronics on the same silicon chip. To the right is Sony s diagram of how one works.
54 CMOS detectors can be really big! To the left, an X-ray detector; to the right a garden variety 18 Mpix camera detector.
55 However.. For very low light levels (e.g., use in astronomy): CMOS detectors have poor fill factors (amplifiers compete for real estate on the chip with the detectors) Questions about cryogenic performance: the fill factor issue can be fixed by putting a grid of microlenses over the array (Canon does this for some of its cameras), but it is not clear that such a device can be cooled. Thanks to Sony, camera arrays are now available that are back illuminated:
56 2560 X 2160 pixels 6.5 mm X 6.5 mm pixel pitch Readout speed maximum: 100 frames per second Read noise < 1.5 electrons rms Peak quantum efficiency > 52% An example: Fairchild CIS2521F
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