Quasi-optical design and analysis of the millimeter-wave bolometric interferometer (MBI)

Author

Curran, Gareth S. ; Gradziel, Marcin L. ; O´Sullivan, Creidhe ; Murphy, J.A. ; Hyland, P.O. ; Korotkov, A. ; Malu, Siddharth ; Piccirillo, Lucio ; Timbie, Peter T. ; Tucker, Gregory S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Technol. Blanchardstown, Dublin

fYear

2007

fDate

2-9 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

189

Abstract

This paper presents work being done on the optical design and analysis of the beam combiner for the millimeter-wave bolometric interferometer (MBI), a ground based instrument designed to measure the polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background at a central frequency of 90 GHz. Interferometry has never before been used to carry out such measurements at this frequency, nor using incoherent bolometers as detectors. MBI will therefore act as a prototype for this type of system and must be modeled in detail to ensure that its operation is fully understood.

Keywords

bolometers; interferometers; optical design techniques; sensors; beam combiner; cosmic microwave background; detectors; frequency 90 GHz; ground based instrument; millimeter-wave bolometric interferometer; polarization anisotropies; quasioptical analysis; quasioptical design; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Bolometers; Detectors; Frequency measurement; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Millimeter wave measurements; Optical design; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Analysis; cosmic microwave background; interferometer; polarization; quasi-optics; telescope;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cardiff

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1438-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516453

Filename

4516453