Infrared measurements of possible IR filter materials

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 835-846

  Koller, Daniel ^a   Ediss, G A ^a   Mihaly, Laszlo ^b   Carr, G L ^c  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic receivers; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Goretex; IR and mm wave filters; Zitex

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC RECEIVERS; GORETEX; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; PLANCK DISTRIBUTION;

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INFRARED DETECTORS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 33847291418     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: 15729559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-006-9121-8     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Currently manufactured by Advanced Research Systems, Inc., 905 Harrison Street, Allentown PA 18103. E-mail: ars@arscryo.com. The model used was similar to the LT-3.
2. Daniel Koller, A. R. Kerr, G. A. Ediss, and D. Boyd, "Design and Fabrication of Quartz Vacuum Windows With Matching Layers for Millimeter-Wave Receivers," ALMA Memo #377, June 2001. http://www.alma.nrao. edu/memos/
3. James W. Lamb, "Miscellaneous Data on Materials for Millimetere and Submillimetere Optics," Int. J. of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 17, no. 12, 1996.
4. G. A. Ediss and D. Koller, "68.5 to 118 GHz Measurements of Possible Infrared Filter Materials: black polyethylene, Zitex, and grooved and ungrooved Fluorogold and HDPE," ALMA Memo #412, March 2002. http://www.alma.nrao. edu/memos/
5. Butyl-grafted polyethylene filled with carbon-black, catalog #ET331080. Goodfellow, Berwyn, PA 19312-1780. http://www.goodfellow.com
6. W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc., 1901 Barksdale Rd., P. O. Box 9236, Newark, DE 19714-9236.
7. Daniel Koller, G. A. Ediss and A. R. Kerr, "Dielectric Constant of Goretex RA7956/7957 Radome Material," ALMA Memo #309, May 2000. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/
8. Manufactured by Norton Performance Plastics, 150 Dey Road, Wayne, NJ.
9. r=1.45 to within a few percent [2]. For more details on the measurement techniques, see [7].
10. Jeffrey S. Clarke and Larry R. D'Addario, "Tests of Materials for Use in Multi-Layer Infrared Filters in Cryogenic Applications," ALMA Memo #269, July 1999. http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/