CFHT, Instruments, Detectors, CCDs, MIT2

CCD: MIT2

QE curve

Current status: MIT2 has been used successfully on Gecko. MIT2 is only offered with Gecko since it has a fair number of bad columns.

The information available so far is:

Description 
Architecture 
Manufacturer 
Size: 2048x4096 by 15 micron pixels
Nominal gain 1.2 e-/ADU
Read noise 7.5 e-/pixel
Readout time 50s
Nominal bias 
Full well 
Transfer efficiency 
Nominal operating temp. 
Dark current 
Nonlinearity 
Residual image 
Cosmetics a lot of bad columns
Flat field  
Dewar 
Fringing at 9430Å < 5%
Fringing at 8082Å < 2%