SCUBA-2: Developing the Detectors

Published

June 2, 2003

Author(s)

William Duncan, Wayne Holland, Damian Audley, M. Cliffe, T. Hodson, B. D. Kelly, X. Gao, D. Gostick, Michael MacIntosh, H. McGregor, T. Peacocke, Kent D. Irwin, Gene C. Hilton, Steven Deiker, Joern Beyer, Carl D. Reintsema, Anthony Walton, William Parkes, T. Stevenson, Alan Gundlach, Camilla Dunare, Peter Ade

Abstract

SCUBA-2 is a second generation, wide-field submillimeter camera under development for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. With over 12,000 pixels, in two arrays, SCUBA-2 will map the submillimeter sky 1000 times faster than the current SCUBA instrument to the same signal-to-noise. Many areas of astronomy will benefit from such a highly sensitive survey instrument: from studies of galaxy formation and evolution in the early Universe to understanding star and planet formation in our own Galaxy. Due to be operational in 2006, SCUBA-2 will also act as a "pathfinder" for the new generation of submillimeter interferometers (such as ALMA) by performing large-area surveys to an unprecedented depth. The challenge of developing the detectors and multiplexer is discussed in this paper.

Proceedings Title

Proc. Intl. Soc. for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Volume

4855

Conference Dates

August 22-28, 2002

Conference Location

Waikoloa, HI, USA

Conference Title

Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conf.

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

bolometer, submillimeter, transition-edge sensor

Citation

Duncan, W. , Holland, W. , Audley, D. , Cliffe, M. , Hodson, T. , Kelly, B. , Gao, X. , Gostick, D. , MacIntosh, M. , McGregor, H. , Peacocke, T. , Irwin, K. , Hilton, G. , Deiker, S. , Beyer, J. , Reintsema, C. , Walton, A. , Parkes, W. , Stevenson, T. , Gundlach, A. , Dunare, C. and Ade, P. (2003), SCUBA-2: Developing the Detectors, Proc. Intl. Soc. for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Waikoloa, HI, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=30765 (Accessed March 25, 2025)