Preliminary performance measurements of bolometers for the Planck high frequency instrument

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4855, Issue , 2002, Pages 208-216

  Holmes, W ^a   Bock, J ^a,b   Ganga, K ^c   Hristov, V V ^b   Hustead, L ^a   Koch, T ^a   Lange, A E ^b   Paine, C ^a   Yun, M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolometer; Cosmic microwave background; Micro machining; MM wave sensors

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; HEAT SINKS; MICROMACHINING; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIATION DETECTORS; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND; HIGH FREQUENCY INSTRUMENT; MILLIMETER WAVE SENSORS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0038745496     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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