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As the Chinese Spallation Neutron Source enters Phase II, the increase in proton beam power will lead to a further boost in the intensity of pulsed neutron beams. To address the demand for higher event-rate readout electronics for…

The ESA Herschel Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) Spectral Feature Finder (FF) project is an automated spectral feature fitting routine developed within the SPIRE instrument team to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-29 Chris S. Benson , N. Hladczuk , Locke D. Spencer , A. Robb , J. P. Scott , I. Valtchanov , R. Hopwood , David A. Naylor

FIRST is a spectro-interferometer combining, in the visible, the techniques of aperture masking and spatial filtering thanks to single-mode fibers. This instrument aims to deliver high contrast capabilities at spatial resolutions that are…

We analyzed the crosstalks in the new full depleted CCDs in the Subaru Prime Focus Camera(Suprime-Cam). The effect is evaluated quantitatively using cosmic rays in dark frames. The crosstalk is well approximated by a linear correlation and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-18 Masafumi Yagi

This paper discusses a detailed design approach to determine the optimal input impedance (Rin) and bandwidth (BW) for current preamplifiers in Front End Electronics (FEE) of high-accuracy time measurement systems used in particle detection.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-29 Abderrahmane Ghimouz , Fatah Rarbi , Olivier Rossetto

A fast readout system for the upgrade of the COMPASS RICH detector has been developed and successfully used for data taking in 2006 and 2007. The new readout system for the multi-anode PMTs in the central part of the photon detector of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 C. Schill

We have developed a digital fast Fourier transform (FFT) spectrometer made of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The base instrument has independent ADC and FPGA modules, which allow us to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Kazumasa Iwai , Yûki Kubo , Hiromitsu Ishibashi , Takahiro Naoi , Kenichi Harada , Kenji Ema , Yoshinori Hayashi , Yuichi Chikahiro

This study presents a novel field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) design suitable for high timing resolution applications, utilizing two new techniques. First, a cross-detection (CD) method is introduced…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-15 Daehee Lee , Minseok Yi , Sun Il Kwon

In advanced paradigms of autonomous driving, learning Bird's Eye View (BEV) representation from surrounding views is crucial for multi-task framework. However, existing methods based on depth estimation or camera-driven attention are not…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Hongxiang Jiang , Wenming Meng , Hongmei Zhu , Qian Zhang , Jihao Yin

Computational spectrometers are pivotal in enabling low-cost, in-situ and rapid spectral analysis, with potential applications in chemistry, biology, and environmental science. However, filter-based spectral encoding approaches typically…

The Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is one of the key parts in the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). In the WCDA, 3600 Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs) and the Front End Electronics (FEEs) are scattered within a 90000…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-25 Lei Zhao , Shaoping Chu , Cong Ma , Xingshun Gao , Yunfan Yang , Shubin Liu , Qi An

A technological milestone for experiments employing Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers operating at sub-kelvin temperature is the deployment of detector arrays with 100s--1000s of bolometers. One key technology for such arrays is…

CUBES (Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph) is the recently approved high-efficiency VLT spectrograph aimed to observe the sky in the UV ground-based region (305-400 nm) with a high-resolution mode (~20K) and a low-resolution mode…

A 256-channel time-of-flight (TOF) electronics system has been developed for a beam line facility called "Back-n WNS" in China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). This paper shows the structure and performance of electronics system and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 Haolei Chen , Changqing Feng , Jiadong Hu , Laifu Luo , Li Wang , Zhixin Tan , Shubin Liu

Many future small satellite missions are aimed to provide low-cost remote sensing data at unprecedented revisit rates, with a ground resolution of less than one meter. This requires high resolution, fast and sensitive line-scan imagers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-30 Swaraj Bandhu Mahato , Steven Thijs , Jonas Bentell , Linkun Wu , Klaas Tack , Pierre Boulenc , Dorian Lasnet , Renaud Van Langendonck , Piet De Moor

A nanosecond time-resolved APD detector system is implemented for Nuclear Resonance Scattering (NRS) experiments in High Energy Photon Source-Test Facility (HEPS-TF) project of China. The detector system consists of three parts: the APD…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-20 Zhen-jie Li , Yi-chao Ma , Qiu-ju Li , Peng Liu , Jin-fan Chang , Yang-fan Zhou

The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment will investigate the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram at high net baryon densities and moderate temperatures. CBM Time of Flight (TOF) system is composed of super modules containing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-11 Jianhui Yuan , Ping Cao , Xiru Huang , Chao Li , Qi An

We have evaluated the performance of a fine pitch CdTe Double-sided Strip Detector (CdTe-DSD), which was originally developed for the focal plane detector of a hard X-ray telescope to observe the Sun. The detector has a thickness of 750 um…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 Kento Furukawa , Shunsaku Nagasawa , Lindsay Glesener , Miho Katsuragawa , Shin'ichiro Takeda , Shin Watanabe , Tadayuki Takahashi

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 350 and 500 microns, and an imaging Fourier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. J. Griffin , A. Abergel , A. Abreu , P. A. R. Ade , P. André , J. -L. Augueres , T. Babbedge , Y. Bae , T. Baillie , J. -P. Baluteau , M. J. Barlow , G. Bendo , D. Benielli , J. J. Bock , P. Bonhomme , D. Brisbin , C. Brockley-Blatt , M. Caldwell , C. Cara , N. Castro-Rodriguez , R. Cerulli , P. Chanial , S. Chen , E. Clark , D. L. Clements , L. Clerc , J. Coker , D. Communal , L. Conversi , P. Cox , D. Crumb , C. Cunningham , F. Daly , G. R. Davis , P. De Antoni , J. Delderfield , N. Devin , A. Di Giorgio , I. Didschuns , K. Dohlen , M. Donati , A. Dowell , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , L. Dumaye , R. J. Emery , M. Ferlet , D. Ferrand , J. Fontignie , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , M. Frerking , T. Fulton , J. Garcia , R. Gastaud , W. K. Gear , J. Glenn , A. Goizel , D. K. Griffin , T. Grundy , S. Guest , L. Guillemet , P. C. Hargrave , M. Harwit , P. Hastings , E. Hatziminaoglou , M. Herman , B. Hinde , V. Hristov , M. Huang , P. Imhof , K. J. Isaak , U. Israelsson , R. J. Ivison , D. Jennings , B. Kiernan , K. J. King , A. E. Lange , W. Latter , G. Laurent , P. Laurent , S. J. Leeks , E. Lellouch , L. Levenson , B. Li , J. Li , J. Lilienthal , T. Lim , J. Liu , N. Lu , S. Madden , G. Mainetti , P. Marliani , D. McKay , K. Mercier , S. Molinari , H. Morris , H. Moseley , J. Mulder , M. Mur , D. A. Naylor , H. Nguyen , B. O'Halloran , S. Oliver , G. Olofsson , H. -G. Olofsson , R. Orfei , M. J. Page , I. Pain , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , G. Parks , P. Parr-Burman , A. Pearce , C. Pearson , I. Pérez-Fournon , F. Pinsard , G. Pisano , J. Podosek , M. Pohlen , E. T. Polehampton , D. Pouliquen , D. Rigopoulou , D. Rizzo , I. G. Roseboom , H. Roussel , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rownd , P. Saraceno , M. Sauvage , R. Savage , G. Savini , E. Sawyer , C. Scharmberg , D. Schmitt , N. Schneider , B. Schulz , A. Schwartz , R. Shafer , D. L. Shupe , B. Sibthorpe , S. Sidher , A. Smith , A. J. Smith , D. Smith , L. Spencer , B. Stobie , R. Sudiwala , K. Sukhatme , C. Surace , J. A. Stevens , B. M. Swinyard , M. Trichas , T. Tourette , H. Triou , S. Tseng , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , L. Vigroux , E. Virique , G. Voellmer , H. Walker , R. Ward , T. Waskett , M. Weilert , R. Wesson , G. J. White , N. Whitehouse , C. D. Wilson , B. Winter , A. L. Woodcraft , G. S. Wright , C. K. Xu , A. Zavagno , M. Zemcov , L. Zhang , E. Zonca

The high quantum efficiencies (QE) of backside illuminated charge coupled devices (CCD) has ushered in the age of the large scale astronomical survey. The QE of these devices can be greater than 90 %, and is dependent upon the operating…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Murdock Hart , Robert H. Barkhouser , James E. Gunn , Stephen A. Smee