The SPICA-SAFARI TES bolometer readout: Developments towards a flight system

J. Van Der Kuur, J. Beyer, M. Bruijn, J. R. Gao, R. Den Hartog, R. Heijmering, H. Hoevers, B. Jackson, B. J. Van Leeuwen, M. Lindeman, M. Kiviranta, P. De Korte, P. Mauskopf, P. De Korte, H. VanWeers, S. Withington

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Abstract

SAFARI is an imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer for 35-200 μm under development for flight on the Japanese IR-satellite SPICA (2018). The 3.25 m diameter actively cooled telescope (<6K) will provide a sky background limited signal, which implies that detectors will need to have an NEP of 3.5 × 10-19 W/√Hz in order not to be limiting the sensitivity. The instrument will utilize three TES-based detector arrays, covering the 2 × 2 arcmin field-of-view in three octaves of wave length. This contribution will present an overview of the detector sub-system, i.e.: the detector arrays and radiation coupling, the focal plane assembly, the amplification chain and the frequency-domain- multiplexed electronics. The focus will be on the implications on the system design of the readout under the stringent power dissipation, heat load, and weight limitations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)561-567
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume167
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • FDM
  • Multiplexing
  • TES

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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