Measurements of the optical performance of bolometers for SPICA/SAFARI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8452, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Audley, Michael D ^a   De Lange, Gert ^a   Gao, Jian Rong ^a,b   Khosropanah, Pourya ^a   Ridder, Marcel ^a   Ferrari, Lorenza ^a   Laauwen, Wouter M ^a   Ranjan, Manisha ^a   Mauskopf, Philip D ^c   Morozov, Dmitry ^c   Trappe, Neil A ^d  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bolometer; Cryogenic illuminator; Optical testing; SAFARI; Transition edge sensor

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND POWER; BOLOMETER ARRAY; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; DILUTION REFRIGERATOR; FAR-INFRARED; HIGH-CAPACITY; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MECHANICAL ISOLATION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PULSE TUBE COOLERS; SAFARI; SATURATION POWER; SHORT WAVES; TEST ENVIRONMENT; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS; WAVELENGTH BAND;

ASTRONOMY; BOLOMETERS; OPTICAL TESTING; REFRIGERATORS; SENSORS; TEST FACILITIES;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 84872090116     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.925234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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