100 mK bolometers for the submillimetre common-user bolometer array (SCUBA) I. Design and construction

W. S. Holland; P. A.R. Ade; M. J. Griffin; I. D. Hepburn; D. G. Vickers; C. R. Cunningham; P. R. Hastings; W. K. Gear; W. D. Duncan; T. E.C. Baillie; E. E. Haller; J. W. Beeman

doi:10.1007/BF02088363

100 mK bolometers for the submillimetre common-user bolometer array (SCUBA) I. Design and construction

W. S. Holland
, P. A.R. Ade
, M. J. Griffin
, I. D. Hepburn
, D. G. Vickers
, C. R. Cunningham
, P. R. Hastings
, W. K. Gear
, W. D. Duncan
, T. E.C. Baillie
, E. E. Haller
, J. W. Beeman

Queen Mary University of London
Royal Observatory
University College London
Oxford Instruments plc, UK
University of California Berkeley

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We describe the design and construction of bolometric detectors for SCUBA - the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array for the James Clerk 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 refrigeration to a temperature of 100 mK, so that the receiver performance will be limited by photon noise from the sky and telescope background in all wavebands. A future paper will describe the performance of the detectors with reference to typical data obtained during the laboratory commissioning period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	669-692
Number of pages	24
Journal	International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02088363
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Holland, W. S., Ade, P. A. R., Griffin, M. J., Hepburn, I. D., Vickers, D. G., Cunningham, C. R., Hastings, P. R., Gear, W. K., Duncan, W. D., Baillie, T. E. C., Haller, E. E., & Beeman, J. W. (1996). 100 mK bolometers for the submillimetre common-user bolometer array (SCUBA) I. Design and construction. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 17(4), 669-692. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02088363

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100 mK bolometers for the submillimetre common-user bolometer array (SCUBA) I. Design and construction

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