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Superconducting Transition-Edge Bolometer Arrays for Ultra-Low Power Radiometry
Published
Author(s)
Erich N. Grossman, James A. Chervenak, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema
Abstract
A new generation of ultra-low power bolometer arrays is under development for low background infrared astronomy. This paper describes radiometric measurements on such bolometers using a cryogenic blackbody source with accurately calculable throughput. Because of the very long wavelengths used, roughly 100 5m - 1 mm, the absorbed radiant power differssubstantially from that in a classical radiometry measurement, where it would be given by the geometric throughput with small diffraction corrections.
Proceedings Title
Proc., Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM)
Grossman, E.
, Chervenak, J.
, Irwin, K.
and Reintsema, C.
(2000),
Superconducting Transition-Edge Bolometer Arrays for Ultra-Low Power Radiometry, Proc., Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), Sydney, 1, AS
(Accessed October 9, 2025)