Development of TES detectors for low-background far infrared space astronomy
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Mauskopf, Philip; Isaak, Kate; Griffin, Matt; Hargrave, Pete; Morozov, Dmitri; Orlando, Angiola; Bruijn, Marcel; Hoevers, Henk; de Korte, Piet; van der Kuur, Jan
- Source
- 2006 Joint 31st International Conference on Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on. :205-205 Sep, 2006
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Infrared detectors
Astronomy
Sensor arrays
Satellites
Telescopes
Photoconductivity
Image edge detection
Superconducting photodetectors
Spectroscopy
Instruments
- Language
- ISSN
- 2162-2027
2162-2035
The next generation of far infrared astronomy satellites will have cooled telescopes to reduce the thermal background to very low levels. In order to take advantage of the low background, arrays of sensitive detectors will be needed, with NEPs of 10