Antenna-coupled TES bolometers for CMB polarimetry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6275, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuo, C L ^a,b   Bock, J J ^a,b   Chattopadthyay, G ^b   Goldin, A ^a   Golwala, S ^a   Holmes, W ^b   Irwin, K ^c   Kenyon, M ^b   Lange, A E ^a   LeDuc, H G ^b   Rossinot, P ^a   Vayonakis, A ^a   Wang, G ^a   Yun, M ^d   Zmuidzinas, J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Millimeter wave instrumentation; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESPONSES; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (CMB); MILLIMETER WAVE INSTRUMENTATION;

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 33749644232     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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