Inter-Pixel Crosstalk in Teledyne Imaging Sensors (TIS) H4RG-10 Detectors

TL;DR

This paper models inter-pixel capacitance and charge diffusion in Teledyne H4RG-10 detectors to estimate crosstalk, validated against experimental Fe55 data, advancing understanding of detector errors in astronomy.

Contribution

It introduces a combined IPC and charge diffusion model for H4RG detectors and validates it with experimental data.

Findings

Model accurately estimates inter-pixel crosstalk

Validation shows good agreement with Fe55 data

Provides insights for improving detector performance

Abstract

CMOS-hybrid arrays have recently surfaced as competitive optical detectors for use in ground- and space-based astronomy. One source of error in these detectors that does not appear in more traditional CCD arrays is the inter-pixel capacitance component of crosstalk. In this paper we use a single pixel reset method to model inter-pixel capacitance (IPC). We combine this IPC model with a model for charge diffusion to estimate the total crosstalk on H4RG arrays. Finally, we compare our model results to Fe55 data obtained using an astrometric camera built to test the H4RG-B0 generation detectors.