High-Tc bolometer developments for planetary missions

John C. Brasunas; Brook Lakew

doi:10.1117/12.45606

1 July 1991 High-Tc bolometer developments for planetary missions

John C. Brasunas, Brook Lakew

Proceedings Volume 1477, Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45606
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A simple polishing technique was developed for thinning the LaAlO3 substrates for high-quality Tc bolometer films, and thus reducing their heat capacity. A 150-ms bolometer was made on a LaAlO3 substrate with a 5-Hz D* value of 1.5 x 10 exp 8. It is shown that passive temperature stabilization is adequate for operation at the transition. There remained excess noise at the transition, but this noise appears to be of nonbolometric origin.

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John C. Brasunas and Brook Lakew "High-Tc bolometer developments for planetary missions", Proc. SPIE 1477, Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices II, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45606

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