Optical performance of prototype horn-coupled TES bolometer arrays for SAFARI

Michael D. Audley; Gert de Lange; Jian-Rong Gao; Pourya Khosropanah; Richard Hijmering; Marcel L. Ridder

doi:10.1117/12.2231088

19 July 2016 Optical performance of prototype horn-coupled TES bolometer arrays for SAFARI

Michael D. Audley, Gert de Lange, Jian-Rong Gao, Pourya Khosropanah, Richard Hijmering, Marcel L. Ridder

Proceedings Volume 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 991408 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231088
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The SAFARI Detector Test Facility is an ultra-low background optical testbed for characterizing ultra-sensitive prototype horn-coupled TES bolmeters for SAFARI, the grating spectrometer on board the proposed SPICA satellite. The testbed contains internal cold and hot black-body illuminators and a light-pipe for illumination with an external source. We have added reimaging optics to facilitate array optical measurements. The system is now being used for optical testing of prototype detector arrays read out with frequency-domain multiplexing. We present our latest optical measurements of prototype arrays and discuss these in terms of the instrument performance.

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Michael D. Audley, Gert de Lange, Jian-Rong Gao, Pourya Khosropanah, Richard Hijmering, and Marcel L. Ridder "Optical performance of prototype horn-coupled TES bolometer arrays for SAFARI", Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991408 (19 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231088

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