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Heterodyne Receiver Development at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
Abstract
The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) operates at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, at an elevation of 4200 m. The site was chosen for its very dry climate and stable atmosphere, enabling submillimeter observations in the astrophysically important 1.3 mm to 300 μm atmospheric windows. Ever since its inception, the CSO has proven itself to be a productive test-bed for new detector technologies. In this paper we review the heterodyne (coherent) receiver development at the CSO, and highlight some of the ways it has helped to shape the field of submillimeter and terahertz high spectral resolution far-infrared astronomy.
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© 2009 Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Countless people have been involved in the CSO during the last 20+ years. The story presented here has focused on the heterodyne receiver development at the CSO with associated technological spin-offs. Needless to say, this does not address the large contribution from the direct detection (flux) and cosmology community. Every effort has been made to be historically accurate and to credit the work of colleagues where applicable. For those who go unmentioned we would like to thank you for your contributions in making the CSO what it is. This work was supported in part by NSF Grants AST 05-40882 and AST 08-38261.Attached Files
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- AST 05-40882
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