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WFC3 Ambient Calibration #2 Results H. Bushouse. Ambient Cal #2 Overview. WFC3 ambient calibration #2 ran from April 13-19, 2007 WFC3 in the GSFC SSDIF clean room Latched into Radial Instrument Alignment Fixture (RIAF) and “CASTLE” optical stimulus
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WFC3 Ambient Calibration #2 Results H. Bushouse
Ambient Cal #2 Overview • WFC3 ambient calibration #2 ran from April 13-19, 2007 • WFC3 in the GSFC SSDIF clean room • Latched into Radial Instrument Alignment Fixture (RIAF) and “CASTLE” optical stimulus • UVIS channel operations only (IR can’t be cooled sufficiently in ambient) • UVIS-2 detector with CCD’s at -54 C (vs. -83 C flight temp) • Goals: • Verify re-integrated instrument operations • Verify successful lien closures • First look at UVIS-2 in (nearly) flight-like conditions • Verify operations of ground support equipment to be used in thermal-vac #2 • Train and verify operations of support personnel
Instrument Preparations forAmbient Cal #2 WFC3 closeout just prior to top cover installation WFC3 top cover installed WFC3 inserted into Radial Instrument Alignment Fixture (RIAF) WFC3 lift from Low Level Positioner (LLP)
Accomplishments • ~30 SMSs, ~110 hours, 1525 images • Optical stimulus verification • UVIS-2 detector alignment check • System throughput with UVIS-2 • Filter ghost check (lien related) • CCD electronic crosstalk check (lien related) • UVIS grism calibration: throughput, dispersion, and flat fields • Internal Calibration Subsystem check (lien related) • UVIS-2 bias, dark, readnoise, gain measurements • UV flats signal level check • Encircled energy check • CCD charge injection test • First test of CCD Extended Pixel Edge Response (EPER) mode • Excellent job by I&T, Ops, CASTLE & Sci Cal teams
Thanks are due … • IS’s • S. Baggett, T. Brown, H. Bushouse, G. Hartig, A. Martel, L. Petro, M. Robberto • DA’s • E. Barker, M. Cracraft, B. Hilbert, S. Holfeltz, D. Karakla, J. Kim, K. Lindsay, D. Long, R. Lucas, J. Mack, H. McLaughlin, C. Pavlovsky, B. Shaw, E. Smith, M. Sosey
Instrument Science Reports • ISR 2007-15: WFC3 Ambient-2 Testing: UVIS Readnoise S. Baggett 11 May 2007 • ISR 2007-14: WFC3 Ambient-2 Testing: Calibration Subsystem Performance S. Baggett 7 May 2007 • ISR 2007-13: UVIS CCD EPER CTE measurements M. Robberto 30 Apr 2007 • ISR 2007-11: WFC3 Ambient-2 Testing: UVIS Gain Results S. Baggett 27 Apr 2007 • ISR 2007-10: WFC3 Ambient Testing: UVIS Dark Current Rate B. Hilbert 26 Apr 2007 • ISR 2007-09: UVIS Channel Filter Ghosts after Filter Replacement T. Brown 26 Apr 2007 • ISR 2007-08: Searching for Scattered Light on the WFC3 UVIS-2 Detector T. Brown 24 Apr 2007 • ISR 2007-07: WFC3 System Throughput on the UVIS Build 2 Detector T. Brown 19 Apr 2007
System Throughput with UVIS-2 From STScI Instrument Science Report WFC3-2007-07 (Tom Brown) • UVIS-2 QE better than predicted • Response of both CCDs comparable to UVIS-1 chip 1 • UVIS-2 curves subject to small revision at proper operating temp • Optics throughput appears to have held up well since 2004 TV#1
UVIS Detector Throughput Comparison • UVIS-1 wins in blue; UVIS-2 wins in red • F225W only important filter for which response differs by >10%
Excellent Read Noise w/ UVIS-2 • Like UVIS-1, UVIS-2 demonstrates “goal” level read noise of 3 e- rms, vs. spec of 4; very important in UV S. Baggett
UVIS Crosstalk Satisfactorily Resolved • Extended source crosstalk (which could result from very low level signals) is now undetectable (<0.1 e-) • Combination of hardware change and timing pattern change • New timing patterns show slightly improved read noise as well (had been concerned they might have higher noise) • No crosstalk in 2-amp readouts (i.e. from CCD to CCD) • In 4-amp readout, small level of crosstalk remains from saturated sources only • New timing patterns slightly improve that level as well • What remains is not a significant issue preliminary analysis by S. Baggett
UVIS Crosstalk Satisfactorily Resolved (2) Performance w/Hardware Rev & New CCD Timing Patterns Original Problem window-CCD ghost filter-CCD ghost crosstalk source stimulus artifacts
Internal Cal Subsystem Illumination Improved • Severe glints reduced; see F390M flats below • Count rate specs achieved • As shown previously w/UVIS-1, Deuterium flats much improved in uniformity (2× vs. 5-10×) F390M (inverse) flat before F390M flat now
UVIS Grism Throughput Measured UVIS grism is WF/PC-1 spare; very little surviving data Data provided to SOC for ERS planning H. Bushouse
CCD Charge Injection Working Properly Mean charge injection signal level ~16,000 e-/pix Noise in a single column ~15 e- rms Much greater CTE benefit than from a lamp pre-flash of equivalent noise level
Improved Filter Ghost Performance Confirmed • Ambient cal measurements confirm the improved ghost performance of the filters replaced in the SOFA • Biggest success stories: F225W (<0.4% vs. 15%), F606W (elimination of point-like ghosts), F280N (0.6% vs. 10-50% in ghost and horrific scattered light flares) Old F225W New F225W
UVIS-2 Detector Alignment • UVIS-2 aligned at Ball on 30 Jan ’07 • used new, direct, “through the window” alignment transfer from UVIS-1 to UVIS-2 • UVIS-2 within tolerance in 4 degrees of freedom, out in 2 • Additional adjustment of tip/tilt is desirable, if misalignment is confirmed in upcoming TV#2 testing
UVIS-2 Misalignment Consequences • At best focus, the performance degradation due to the current level of tip/tilt misalignment is negligible, however … • OTA breathing exacerbates the misalignment, causing a small loss of performance over field, especially at short wavelengths • Slight EE loss in small apertures • PSF change (due to field dependent astigmatism inherent in optical design)
What’s Next? • IR-1 detector package installation • Received at GSFC yesterday (5/16); installation today • System Level Thermal-Vac #2 • WFC3, with UVIS-2 and IR-1, into SES chamber ~5/29 • Ambient system functionals and alignment check ~6/1-6/5 • Vacuum testing for following ~75 days • 24/7 support from STScI IS’s, DA’s, and Ops • Proto-flight qualification of instrument • Thermal cycling • Performance of all thermal systems • Full science calibration of UVIS and IR channels • CEI specifications verification
UVIS-2 Misalignment EE Penalty OTA SM despace: +3m Nom -3m Detector alignment: Optimal As-is Optimal As-is
PSF Change with OTA Breathing UVIS-2 CASTLE 633nm UV-11 0m +3m -3m
SMGT preparations • Revised SMGT Part 2 SMS • Added UVIS Anneal exposures • Revised management of tungsten & D2 lamps • Corrected UVIS quad filter commanding • Duration of SMS is 20.5 hours • Delivered SMS 3/30/2007 for test • SMS ran successfully in VSTIF 4/23/2007 • Science data ftp’ed to STScI for OPUS processing • Revised SOGS Support Schedules for SM4 Functional Test • Science data from Early VEST test ftp’ed to STScI for OPUS processing • Prepared OPUS for processing of VSTIF and Early VEST data • Anomalies identified from February VSTIF run corrected • Software testing and delivery complete by 5/2/2007