Performance of a microstrip-coupled TES imaging module for CMB polarimetry

21st International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2010, ISSTT 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 55-63

  Audley, Michael D ^a   Glowacka, Dorota ^a   Goldie, David J ^a   Tsaneva, Vassilka ^a   Withington, Stafford ^a   Piccirillo, Lucio ^b   Pisano, Giampaolo ^b   Grimes, Paul ^c   Yassin, Ghassan ^c   Ade, Peter A R ^d   North, C ^d   Irwin, Kent D ^e   Halpern, Mark ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION; MANY INSTRUMENTS; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; POLARISATION STATE; READOUT ELECTRONICS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TES BOLOMETERS; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS;

MOLLUSCS; POLARIMETERS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SHELLFISH;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84883274820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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