A smartphone-based arbitrary scene projector for detector testing and instrument performance evaluation

Thibaut Prod'homme; Patricia Liebing; Peter Verhoeve; Ilya Menyaylov; Frédéric Lemmel; Hans Smit; Sander Blommaert; Dennis Breeveld; Brian Shortt

A smartphone-based arbitrary scene projector for detector testing and instrument performance evaluation

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2020-12-10 v1

Authors: Thibaut Prod'homme , Patricia Liebing , Peter Verhoeve , Ilya Menyaylov , Frédéric Lemmel , Hans Smit , Sander Blommaert , Dennis Breeveld , Brian Shortt

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Abstract

Using the high-resolution OLED screen of a smartphone to project arbitrary scenes and patterns can open a complete new dimension for testing sensors in the visible. Based on an original concept from JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), this contribution describes a new experimental setup designed to achieve the demanding performance of its first application by ESA (European Space Agency): the evaluation of radiation-induced CTI (Charge Transfer Inefficiency) on Euclid's weak lensing measurement. We show that pushed to its limits especially in terms of calibration such a simple experiment can deliver a level of optical performance high enough to be applied in the verification of high-precision astronomy instrument performance.

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space missions and instrumentation astronomical instrumentation and telescopes space missions and telescopes

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@article{arxiv.2012.05025,
  title  = {A smartphone-based arbitrary scene projector for detector testing and instrument performance evaluation},
  author = {Thibaut Prod'homme and Patricia Liebing and Peter Verhoeve and Ilya Menyaylov and Frédéric Lemmel and Hans Smit and Sander Blommaert and Dennis Breeveld and Brian Shortt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.05025},
  year   = {2020}
}

A smartphone-based arbitrary scene projector for detector testing and instrument performance evaluation

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