학술논문

The optical performance of frequency selective bolometers
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Appl.Opt.45:7643-7651,2006
Subject
Astrophysics
Language
Abstract
Frequency Selective Bolometers (FSBs) are a new type of detector for millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths that are transparent to all but a narrow range of frequencies as set by characteristics of the absorber itself. Therefore, stacks of FSBs tuned to different frequencies provide a low-loss compact method for utilizing a large fraction of the light collected by a telescope. Tests of prototype FSBs, described here, indicate that the absorption spectra are well predicted by models, that peak absolute absorption efficiencies of order 50% are attainable, and that their out-of-band transmission is high.
Comment: 32 pages, 9 figures