The UCO/Lick Observatory
Detector Development Laboratory develops CCDs and other sensors
for astronomical use. It is located in Natural Sciences Building II,
on the University of California,
Santa Cruz campus. This document is your source for all sorts of
information about the
work of the lab, and the
detectors available at
Lick Observatory's Mt. Hamilton Observing Station. We help test
LBNL high-resistivity CCDs
which have some superior qualities compared to standard CCDs.
We have commissioned a new Fairchild Imaging CCD 486 in the prime focus camera on the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick Observatory's Mt. Hamilton observing station. This back illuminated 4k x 4k focal plane array has improved quantum efficiency and a larger field of view compared to the old Site 2Kx2K CCD it is replacing. The cluster NGC752 provided a first-light image (used for focusing) and the first observer, Franck Marchis, a Research Astronomer at UC, Berkeley took this image of the core of the spiral galaxy M31.
LBNL CCD Packaging
Project
We are developing
methods to package LBNL 2Kx4K CCDs in a four-side buttable
package.
New Camera
Controller
We are developing a new
generation of high-performance scientific cameras and
controllers for astronomical research. Our design for a guider camera
is available here in pdf
format or Postscript
format.
Guider
notes....
Lab Safety
Detector lab safety is an important part of our operations. Check out our lab safety information.
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