Automatic setup of SCUBA-2 detector arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7020, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gao, Xiaofeng ^a   Kelly, Dennis ^a   Holland, Wayne S ^a   MacIntosh, Michael J ^a   Lunney, David ^a   Bintley, Dan ^b   Hilton, Gene C ^c   Irwin, Kent D ^c   Reintsema, Carl D ^c   Amiri, Mandana ^d   Burger, Bryce ^d   Halpern, Mark ^d  

^a UK Astronomy Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Array; Automatic; JCMT; Optimum algorithm; SCUBA 2; SQUID; Submillimetre astronomy; Superconducting detectors; TES

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INSTRUMENT CIRCUITS; INSTRUMENTS; MULTIPLEXING; NANOSENSORS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ARRAY; AUTOMATIC; DETECTOR ARRAYS; JCMT; MULTIPLEXING CIRCUITS; OPTIMUM ALGORITHM; SCUBA-2; SQUID; SUB-MILLIMETER; SUBMILLIMETRE ASTRONOMY; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; TES; TES BOLOMETERS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 52249122817     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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