@inproceedings{263e74e2c2fd4f1db2e9cc6a078c4670,
title = "Pyxel 1.0: an open source Python framework for detector and end-to-end instrument simulation",
abstract = "Detector modelling is becoming more and more critical for the successful development of new instruments in scientific space missions and ground-based experiments. Specific modelling tools are often developed from scratch by each individual project and not necessarily shared for reuse by a wider community. To foster knowledge transfer, reusability and reliability in the instrumentation community, ESA and ESO joined forces and developed Pyxel, a framework for the simulation of scientific detectors and instruments. Pyxel is an open-source and collaborative project, based on Python, developed as an easy-to-use tool that can host and pipeline any kind of detector effect model. Recently Pyxel has achieved a new milestone: the public release and launch of version 1.0 which simplified third-party contributions and improved ease of use even further. Since its launch, Pyxel has been experiencing a growing user community and is being used to simulate all kinds of detectors beyond the traditional Charged-Coupled Devices and CMOS devices, for example Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKID) and Avalanche Photo Diode (APD) devices. We give a tour of Pyxel{\textquoteright}s version 1.0 changes and new features including a new interface, parallel computing, and new detectors and models. We continue with an example of using Pyxel as a tool for model optimization and calibration. Finally, we describe an example of how Pyxel and its features can be used to develop a full-scale end-to-end instrument simulator.",
keywords = "calibration, CCD, CMOS, Detector simulation, imaging sensors, instrument simulation, modelling, Python",
author = "Matej Arko and Thibaut Prod{\textquoteright}homme and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Lemmel and Benoit Serra and Elizabeth George and Bradley Kelman and Thibault Pichon and Enrico Biancalani and James Gilbert",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 SPIE.; Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy X 2022 ; Conference date: 17-07-2022 Through 22-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2629241",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Angeli, \{George Z.\} and Philippe Dierickx",
booktitle = "Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy X",
address = "United States",
}