PMID- 21151241
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121002
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 1559-128X (Print)
IS  - 1559-128X (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 34
DP  - 1996 Dec 1
TI  - Characterization of a submillimeter high-angular-resolution camera with a 
      monolithic silicon bolometer array for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory.
PG  - 6629-40
LID - 10.1364/AO.35.006629 [doi]
AB  - We constructed a 24-pixel bolometer camera operating in the 350- and 450-mum 
      atmospheric windows for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). This 
      instrument uses a monolithic silicon bolometer array that is cooled to 
      approximately 300 mK by a single-shot (3)He refrigerator. First-stage 
      amplification is provided by field-effect transistors at approximately 130 K. The 
      sky is imaged onto the bolometer array by means of several mirrors outside the 
      Dewar and a cold off-axis elliptical mirror inside the cryostat. The beam is 
      defined by cold aperture and field stops, which eliminates the need for any 
      condensing horns. We describe the instrument, present measurements of the 
      physical properties of the bolometer array, describe the performance of the 
      electronics and the data-acquisition system, and demonstrate the sensitivity of 
      the instrument operating at the observatory. Approximate detector noise at 350 mum 
      is 5 x 10(-15) W/ radicalHz, referenced to the entrance of the Dewar, and the CSO system 
      noise-equivalent flux density is approximately 4 Jy/ radicalHz. These values are within 
      a factor of 2.5 of the background limit.
FAU - Wang, N
AU  - Wang N
FAU - Hunter, T R
AU  - Hunter TR
FAU - Benford, D J
AU  - Benford DJ
FAU - Serabyn, E
AU  - Serabyn E
FAU - Lis, D C
AU  - Lis DC
FAU - Phillips, T G
AU  - Phillips TG
FAU - Moseley, S H
AU  - Moseley SH
FAU - Boyce, K
AU  - Boyce K
FAU - Szymkowiak, A
AU  - Szymkowiak A
FAU - Allen, C
AU  - Allen C
FAU - Mott, B
AU  - Mott B
FAU - Gygax, J
AU  - Gygax J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Appl Opt
JT  - Applied optics
JID - 0247660
EDAT- 1996/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 2010/12/15 06:00
PHST- 2010/12/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1996/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/12/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - 61011 [pii]
AID - 10.1364/AO.35.006629 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Opt. 1996 Dec 1;35(34):6629-40. doi: 10.1364/AO.35.006629.