Name: Image Sensors for Precision Astronomy (ISPA)
Start: 2018-12-03T08:00:00-08:00
End: 2018-12-04T21:30:00-08:00
Location: California Institute of Technology

Image Sensors for Precision Astronomy (ISPA)

from Monday, 3 December 2018 (08:00) to Tuesday, 4 December 2018 (21:30)

Monday, 3 December 2018

08:00 Light Breakfast
Light Breakfast
08:00 - 08:45
08:45 Welcome - Jonas Zmuidzinas (Director, Caltech Optical Observatories)
Welcome
- Jonas Zmuidzinas (Director, Caltech Optical Observatories)
08:45 - 09:00
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
09:00 Introductory talk - Pierre Antilogus (LPNHE Paris)
Introductory talk
- Pierre Antilogus (LPNHE Paris)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
09:30 How well do we understand NIR sensors? - Roger Smith (Caltech)
How well do we understand NIR sensors?
- Roger Smith (Caltech)
09:30 - 09:55
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium A review of how well we understand NIR detectors, directed at defining where the edges of our understanding lie. The goal is to promote discussion of the way forward for precision astronomy using these complicated devices.
09:55 Characterization of a 15 μm Cutoff HgCdTe Detector Array for Astronomy - Mario Cabrera (Rochester)
Characterization of a 15 μm Cutoff HgCdTe Detector Array for Astronomy
- Mario Cabrera (Rochester)
09:55 - 10:20
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
11:00 Linearity calibration - Bernard Rauscher (Goddard Space Flight Center)
Linearity calibration
- Bernard Rauscher (Goddard Space Flight Center)
11:00 - 11:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
11:25 Calibrating WFIRST - Susana Deustua (STSci)
Calibrating WFIRST
- Susana Deustua (STSci)
11:25 - 11:50
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
11:50 Near Infrared Detectors and Precision Radial Velocity Measurements - Gautam Vasisht (JPL)
Near Infrared Detectors and Precision Radial Velocity Measurements
- Gautam Vasisht (JPL)
11:50 - 12:15
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
12:15 Lunch on Cahill Patio
Lunch on Cahill Patio
12:15 - 14:00
14:00 Brighter-Fatter, crosshatch in NIR - Eric Huff (JPL)
Brighter-Fatter, crosshatch in NIR
- Eric Huff (JPL)
14:00 - 14:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
14:25 The Brighter Fatter Effect in H4RG-10 Detectors - Ami Choi (OSU)
The Brighter Fatter Effect in H4RG-10 Detectors
- Ami Choi (OSU)
14:25 - 14:50
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
14:50 Interpixel Capacitive Coupling in Hybridized Arrays - Kevan Donlon (RIT)
Interpixel Capacitive Coupling in Hybridized Arrays
- Kevan Donlon (RIT)
14:50 - 15:15
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
15:15 Group Photo
Group Photo
15:15 - 15:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium

15:25 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:25 - 16:00
16:00 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Cold: Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Optical and Near-IR Astronomy - Ben Mazin (UCSB)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Cold: Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Optical and Near-IR Astronomy
- Ben Mazin (UCSB)
16:00 - 16:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
16:25 Moving Forward with SAPHIRA - Dani Atkinson (Goddard)
Moving Forward with SAPHIRA
- Dani Atkinson (Goddard)
16:25 - 16:50
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
16:50 1 min poster talks
1 min poster talks
16:50 - 17:20
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium

17:20 Poster Session and reception
Poster Session and reception
17:20 - 18:20
Lively discussion with drinks and nibbles in Cahill foyer. Posters will be just outside.

18:50 map of local restaurants
map of local restaurants
18:50 - 19:00
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium

19:00 Dinner at local restaurants
Dinner at local restaurants
19:00 - 22:00
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

08:00 Light Breakfast
Light Breakfast
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Uniformity and Stability of the LSST Focal Plane - Paul O'CONNOR (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Uniformity and Stability of the LSST Focal Plane
- Paul O'CONNOR (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
09:25 Unexpected features of bloomed images in deep depletion TESS CCDs - Gregory Prigozhin (MIT)
Unexpected features of bloomed images in deep depletion TESS CCDs
- Gregory Prigozhin (MIT)
09:25 - 09:50
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
09:50 Detector Systems Engineering for Extremely Large Instruments - Elizabeth George (ESO)
Detector Systems Engineering for Extremely Large Instruments
- Elizabeth George (ESO)
09:50 - 10:15
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00
11:00 Shape of the Photon Tranfer Curve of CCDs - Pierre Astier (LPNHE, Paris)
Shape of the Photon Tranfer Curve of CCDs
- Pierre Astier (LPNHE, Paris)
11:00 - 11:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
11:25 Automatic selection of Correlated Double Sampling timing parameters for optimal noise and linearity - Daniel Weatherill (Oxford University)
Automatic selection of Correlated Double Sampling timing parameters for optimal noise and linearity
- Daniel Weatherill (Oxford University)
11:25 - 11:50
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
11:50 Tearing and related field distortions in deep-depletion CCDs - Claire Juramy ( LPNHE, Paris)
Tearing and related field distortions in deep-depletion CCDs
- Claire Juramy ( LPNHE, Paris)
11:50 - 12:15
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
12:15 Walk to Ath
Walk to Ath
12:15 - 12:20

12:20 Athenaeum Buffet
Athenaeum Buffet
12:20 - 13:50
13:50 Mitigating CTI from CCD bulk traps; Pavan Bilgi (Caltech) - Pavan Bilgi (Caltech)
Mitigating CTI from CCD bulk traps; Pavan Bilgi (Caltech)
- Pavan Bilgi (Caltech)
13:50 - 14:15
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
14:15 Investigation of Deferred Charge Effects in LSST CCD Sensors - Snyder Adam (SLAC)
Investigation of Deferred Charge Effects in LSST CCD Sensors
- Snyder Adam (SLAC)
14:15 - 14:40
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
14:40 Advances in Charge-Coupled Devices at MIT Lincoln Laboratory - Chris Leitz (MIT / Lincoln Labs)
Advances in Charge-Coupled Devices at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Chris Leitz (MIT / Lincoln Labs)
14:40 - 15:05
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
15:05 Impact of Detector Imperfections on Precision Radial Velocity Exoplanet Searches - Roy Arpita (Caltech)
Impact of Detector Imperfections on Precision Radial Velocity Exoplanet Searches
- Roy Arpita (Caltech)
15:05 - 15:30
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
16:00 EMCCDs for astrophysical use: performance, drawbacks, and lessons learned - Erika Hamden (University of Arizona)
EMCCDs for astrophysical use: performance, drawbacks, and lessons learned
- Erika Hamden (University of Arizona)
16:00 - 16:25
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
16:25 Zero noise with skipper-CCD - juan estrada (fermilab)
Zero noise with skipper-CCD
- juan estrada (fermilab)
16:25 - 16:50
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
16:50 Summary - Michael Seiffert (JPL)
Summary
- Michael Seiffert (JPL)
16:50 - 17:20
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium
17:20 Closeout
Closeout
17:20 - 17:30
Room: Cahill Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bldg. 17, Hameetman Auditorium

18:30 Dinner at local restaurants
Dinner at local restaurants
18:30 - 21:30