Predicting the response of a submillimeter bolometer to cosmic rays

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 5009-5016

  Woodcraft, Adam L ^a   Sudiwala, Rashmi V ^a   Ade, Peter A R ^a   Griffin, Matthew J ^a   Wakui, Elley ^b   Bhatia, Ravinder S ^c   Lange, Andrew E ^c   Bock, James J ^d   Turner, Anthony D ^d   Yun, Minhee H ^d   Beeman, Jeffrey W ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMISTORS;

HIGH FREQUENCY INSTRUMENTS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0043283239     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005009     Document Type: Article

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