Development of Coherent Detector Technologies for Sub-Millimetre Wave Astronomy Observations

Released on by Boon Kok Tan
preview-18

  • Development of Coherent Detector Technologies for Sub-Millimetre Wave Astronomy Observations Book Detail

  • Author : Boon Kok Tan
  • Release Date : 2015-09-15
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Genre : Science
  • Pages : 235
  • ISBN 13 : 3319193635
  • File Size : 23,23 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Development of Coherent Detector Technologies for Sub-Millimetre Wave Astronomy Observations by Boon Kok Tan PDF Summary

Book Description: The thesis describes the development of receiver technologies for sub-millimetre astronomy instruments, focusing on high performance coherent cryogenic detectors operating close to the superconductor gap frequency. The mixer chip which comprises the SIS devices, fed by a unilateral finline and matching planar circuits was fabricated on 15 micron silicon substrate using the recently developed Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology. This offered broadband IF and RF performance, with fully integrated on-chip planar circuits resulting in an easily reproducible mixer chip and a simple mixer block. An important consequence of this design is that it can be extended to the supra-THz region and making the fabrication of multi-pixel heterodyne arrays feasible. The extension of the operation of major telescopes such as ALMA, APEX and the GLT from single pixel to large format arrays is the subject of extensive research at present time since it will allow fast mapping combined with high resolution of the submillimetre sky. The technology described in this thesis makes a major contribution to this effort.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Development of Coherent Detector Technologies for Sub-Millimetre Wave Astronomy Observations books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.