100 MK BOLOMETERS FOR THE SUBMILLIMETER COMMON-USER BOLOMETER ARRAY (SCUBA) .1. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Authors
HOLLAND WS ADE PAR GRIFFIN MJ HEPBURN ID VICKERS DG CUNNINGHAM CR HASTINGS PR GEAR WK DUNCAN WD BAILLIE TEC HALLER EE BEEMAN JW
Citation
Ws. Holland et al., 100 MK BOLOMETERS FOR THE SUBMILLIMETER COMMON-USER BOLOMETER ARRAY (SCUBA) .1. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, International journal of infrared and millimeter waves, 17(4), 1996, pp. 669-692
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
International journal of infrared and millimeter waves → ACNP
ISSN journal
01959271
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
669 - 692
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-9271(1996)17:4<669:1MBFTS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We describe the design and construction of bolometric detectors for SC UBA - the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array for the James Cler k Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii. The Instrument contains 131 individual detectors, in two arrays, optimized for the submillimetre atmospheric transmission windows. The detectors are cooled by dilution refrigerati on to a temperature of 100 mK, so that the receiver performance will b e limited by photon noise from the sky and telescope background in all wavebands. A future paper will describe the performance of the detect ors with reference to typical data obtained during the laboratory comm issioning period.