Measuring two-millimeter radiation with a prototype multiplexed TES receiver for ACT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6275, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Niemack, Michael D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Bolometer; CMB; Detector; Instrument design; Magnetic shielding; SQUID multiplexing; TES

Indexed keywords

CMB; INSTRUMENT DESIGN; SQUID MULTIPLEXING; TRANSITION EDGE SENSOR (TES);

BOLOMETERS; CAMERAS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; OPTICAL SENSORS; SQUIDS; TELESCOPES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33749621812     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.673038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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