Optical design of the atacama cosmology telescope and the millimeter bolometric array camera.
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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a 6 m telescope designed to map the cosmic microwave background simultaneously at 145, 215, and 280 GHz with arcminute resolution. Each frequency will have a 32 by 32 element focal plane array of transition edge sensor bolometers. The telescope and the cold reimaging optics are optimized for millimeter-wave observations with these sensitive detectors. The design of each is described.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 46 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007