SCUBA: the submillimeter common-user bolometer array for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Cunningham, Colin R., Gear, Walter Kieran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6789-6196, Duncan, William, Hastings, Peter R. and Holland, Wayne S. 1994. SCUBA: the submillimeter common-user bolometer array for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Presented at: Instrumentation in astronomy VIII, Kailua, Kona, HI, 13-14 March 1994. Published in: Crawford, David L. and Craine, Eric R. eds. Instrumentation in astronomy VIII : 13-14 March 1994, Kona, Hawaii (Proceedings). Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering (2198) Bellingham WA: The International Society for Optical Engineering, p. 638. 10.1117/12.176772

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Abstract

We describe the design and manufacture of SCUBA, which is undergoing laboratory testing prior to commissioning on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. It contains two arrays, one of 91 pixels optimised for 450 micrometers and the second of 37 pixels optimised for 850 micrometers in close-packed arrays, with each pixel having diffraction-limited angular resolution. Some of the original design features of the instrument are described: the cryogenic system operating at 100mK; the optical layout; bolometer manufacture; and array integration. We illustrate the performance of the instrument with test results obtained during the laboratory commissioning.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bolometers ; telescopes ; equipment and services ; manufacturing ;spatial resolution ; diffraction
Publisher:	The International Society for Optical Engineering
ISBN:	081941493X
ISSN:	0277-786X
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/68277

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