Design and fabrication of two-dimensional superconducting bolometer arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4855, Issue , 2002, Pages 552-562

  Benford, Dominic J ^a   Voellmer, George M ^a   Chervenak, James A ^a   Irwin, Kent D ^b   Moseley, S Harvey ^a   Shafer, Rick A ^a   Staguhn, Johannes G ^a   Stacey, Gordon J ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AST RO; Bolometer array; SOFIA; SQUID multiplexer; Superconducting multiplexer; Transition edge sensor

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; SQUIDS; THERMISTORS;

AIRBORNE OBSERVATORY; SOUTH POLE IMAGING FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER; SQUID MULTILPEXER; SUPERCONDUCTING BOLOMETER ARRAYS; SUPERCONDUCTING MULTIPLEXER; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION EDGE SENSOR;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0038745406     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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