Engineering and science data from SuperCam: A 64-pixel heterodyne receiver for CO J=3−2 at 345 GHz

Author

Kloosterman, Jenna ; Swift, Brandon ; Peters, William ; Lesser, David ; Kulesa, Craig ; Honniball, Casey ; Villegas, Christian ; Schickling, Paul ; Walker, Coral ; Groppi, Chris ; Mani, Hamdi ; Davis, Kyle ; Wheeler, Caleb ; Veach, Todd ; Weinreb, S. ; Ko

Author_Institution

Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

SuperCam is a 64-pixel heterodyne imaging array designed for use on ground-based submillimeter telescopes to observe the astrophysically important CO J=3-2 emission line at 345 GHz. Each pixel in the array has its own integrated superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixer and low noise amplifier. In spring 2012, SuperCam was installed on the University of Arizona Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) for its first engineering run. SuperCam completed two additional science runs in May 2013 and March 2014. During these science runs, over 80% of the pixels were in operation with a median double sideband receiver temperature of 104 K and an Allan time of ~100 s.

Keywords

low noise amplifiers; radiotelescopes; submillimetre astronomy; superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixers; superheterodyne receivers; 64-pixel heterodyne receiver; Allan time; CO J=3-2 emission line; SIS mixer; SMT; SuperCam; engineering data; frequency 345 GHz; ground-based submillimeter telescope; heterodyne imaging array; integrated superconductor-insulator-superconductor; low noise amplifier; median double sideband receiver; science data; temperature 104 K; university of Arizona; Amplitude modulation; Arrays; Educational institutions; Mixers; Receivers; Relays; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956072

Filename

6956072