Detector Characteristics
| Array size | 2048 x 2048 pixel HgCdTe array |
| Pixel size | 18 µm x 18 µm |
| Dark rate | < 0.02 e-/s |
| Noise | 23 e- (correlated double sample) |
| Gain | 1.5 e-/ADU |
| Field of View (FOV) | 2.2' x 2.2' |
| Plate scale in x | 0.0654 arcsec/pixel |
| Plate scale in y | 0.0658 arcsec/pixel |
Observation Modes
Optical elements in the Pupil and Filter Wheel of NIRISS support 4 modes of observation:
- Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS), R~150; 1.0 – 2.5 microns; enabled by a matched pair of orthogonal grisms (GR150C and GR150R) in the Filter Wheel and a selection of blocking filters in the Pupil Wheel (F115W, F140M, F150W, F158M, F200W).
- Single-Object Slitless Spectroscopy (SOSS), R~700; 0.6 – 2.5 microns; enabled by the grism GR700XD, which generates 3 orders of cross-dispersed (XD) spectra for a target placed at a reference point in the FOV.
- Aperture Masking Interferometry (AMI), 3.8 – 4.8 microns; enabled by the non-redundant mask (NRM) in the Pupil Wheel and medium-band filters (F380M, F430M, F480M) in the Filter Wheel. The mask consists of 7 "holes" (apertures), which produce an interferogram that samples 21 unique ("non-redundant") baselines.
- Imaging, 0.9 – 5.0 microns; enabled by wide-band filters F090W, F115W, F150W, F200W in the Pupil Wheel and F277W, F356W, F444W in the Filter Wheel.