Performance of microstrip-coupled TES bolometers with finline transitions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7020, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Audley, Michael D ^e   Glowacka, Dorota ^e   Goldie, David J ^e   Tsaneva, Vassilka ^e   Withington, Stafford ^a   Grimes, Paul K ^e   North, Chris E ^e   Yassin, Ghassan ^b   Piccirillo, Lucio ^c   Ade, Peter ^e   Sudiwala, Rashmi V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bolometer; CLOVER; CMB polarization; Finline transition; Microstrip coupled TES; Time domain SQUID multiplexer; Transition edge sensor

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOLOMETERS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INSTRUMENTS; NANOSENSORS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

BOLOMETER; CLOVER; CMB POLARIZATION; FINLINE TRANSITION; FINLINE TRANSITIONS; MICRO STRIPS; MICROSTRIP-COUPLED TES; SUB-MILLIMETER; TES BOLOMETERS; TIME-DOMAIN SQUID MULTIPLEXER; TRANSITION EDGE SENSOR;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 52249121749     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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