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

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

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Buch | Softcover
XXIV, 219 Seiten
2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-37318-8 (ISBN)
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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.

After completing the Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2001, Boon Kok Tan was offered a postgraduate position in Solar Engineering, and was awarded the Master degree in 2002. Following a lecturing career at Tunku Abdul Rahman University in Kuala Lumpur, he was offered a D. Phil position - funded by the prestigious King of Malaysia awards - at Oxford Astrophysics to work on the development of quantum limited coherent detectors for submillimetre astronomy. B. K. Tan obtained the D. Phil degree at Oxford in 2012. He is currently a member the Millimetre Detectors group of Oxford Astrophysics, leading the development of coherent THz detectors for the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) and collaborates also with the Wawasan Open University, Malaysia. Dr. Tan was awarded the 2014 MERAC Prize by the European Astronomical Society for the Best Doctoral Thesis in the category "Technologies".

Introduction,- Multiple flare-angle smooth-walled horn.- SIS Mixer theory.- Design of unilateral finline SIS mixer.- Single-ended mixer tests.- Single-chip integrated balanced SIS mixer.- Design of 700 GHz single sideband SIS mixers.- The characteristics of an SIS junction near its superconducting gap.- Generation of local oscillator signal via photomixing.- CO (3 2) Observations of NGC 2976 and NGC 3351.- Concluding remarks.- A Ancillary data of individual tested device.- B Ancillary data of individual tested balanced device.- C List of all beam patterns measured up to date.- D 230 GHz scalable design.- References.

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Zusatzinfo XXIV, 219 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 379 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Optik
Technik
Schlagworte High-performance Coherent Cryogenic Detectors • MERAC Prize • Multi-pixel Heterodyne Arrays • Prize-winning Tesis • Sub-millimetre Wave Astronomy • Sub-millimetre Wave Detectors
ISBN-10 3-319-37318-8 / 3319373188
ISBN-13 978-3-319-37318-8 / 9783319373188
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