Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17

Chapter 7:
Feasibility and Detector Performance

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7.1 STIS Detectors
7.2 The CCD
    7.2.1 Detector Properties
    7.2.2 Effects of the Change to STIS Side-2 Electronics on CCD Performance
    7.2.3 CCD Spectral Response
    7.2.4 CCD Sensitivity
    7.2.5 CCD Long Wavelength Fringing
    7.2.6 Fringing Due to the Order Sorter Filters
    7.2.7 Optical Performance
    7.2.8 Readout Format
    7.2.9 Analog-to-Digital Conversion: Selecting the CCDGAIN
7.3 CCD Operation and Feasibility Considerations
    7.3.1 CCD Saturation
    7.3.2 CCD Shutter Effects
    7.3.3 Cosmic Rays
    7.3.4 Hot Pixels
    7.3.5 CCD Bias Subtraction and Amplifier Non-Linearity
    7.3.6 Charge Transfer Efficiency
    7.3.7 Mitigation of CTE Loss for Long-Slit Spectroscopy
    7.3.8 UV Light and the STIS CCD
7.4 The MAMA Detectors
    7.4.1 MAMA Properties
    7.4.2 MAMA Spectral Response
    7.4.3 MAMA Sensitivity
    7.4.4 Optical Performance
7.5 MAMA Operation and Feasibility Considerations
    7.5.1 MAMA Saturation-Overflowing the 16 Bit Buffer
    7.5.2 MAMA Darks
    7.5.3 MAMA Signal-to-Noise Ratio Limitations
    7.5.4 MAMA Non-linearity
7.6 MAMA Spectral Offsetting
7.7 MAMA Bright Object Limits
    7.7.1 Overview
    7.7.2 Observational Limits
    7.7.3 How Do You Determine if You Violate a Bright Object Limit?
    7.7.4 Policy and Observers' Responsibility in Phase I and Phase II
    7.7.5 Policy on Observations That Fail Because they Exceed Bright Object Limits
    7.7.6 What To Do If Your Source is Too Bright for Your Chosen Configuration?
    7.7.7 Bright Object Protection for Solar System Observations