Title :
Heterodyne receiver for airborne astronomy at 214 /spl mu/m and 184 /spl mu/m
Author :
Roeser, H.P. ; Schmid-Burgk, J. ; Schwaab, G. ; Titz, R.U. ; van der Wal, P. ; Wattenbach, R.
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy
Abstract :
A heterodyne detection system for the submillimeter wavelength range and its application in airborne astronomy with the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) are described showing first detection of CO(12-11) at 217 /spl mu/m and CO(14-13) at 186 /spl mu/m in Orion.
Keywords :
Apertures; Astronomy; Local oscillators; Optical design; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Schottky diodes; Spectroscopy; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Millimeter Wave and Far-Infrared Technology, 1989. ICMWFT '89. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-717-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMWFT.1989.763746
