Design and fabrication of two-dimensional superconducting bolometer arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 647-658

  Benford, Dominic J ^a,f   Staguhn, Johannes G ^a,b   Stacey, Gordon J ^c   Page, Lyman A ^d   Moseley, S Harvey ^a   Irwin, Kent D ^e   Chervenak, James A ^a   Alien, Christine A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; AST RO; Bolometer array; SOFIA; SQUID multiplexer; Superconducting transition edge sensor

Indexed keywords

ACT; AST/RO; BOLOMETER ARRAYS; CLOSE-PACKING DETECTORS; SOFIA; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS;

ARRAYS; FABRICATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 12744260354     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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