Hot-Electron Microbolometers for Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

9318785 Timbie经费用于开发新型毫米波探测器--热电子微测辐射热计。该装置基于超导隧道结的I-V特性与温度的关系，由国家标准与技术研究所博尔德实验室的一个小组首次展示。同一集团将为这个项目制造设备。将利用在该项目下开发的热电子微测辐射热计建造用于测量宇宙微波背景各向异性的接收器。***

9318785 Timbie Funding is provided for the development of a new type of millimeter-wave detector, the hot-electron microbolometer. The device, based upon the temperature dependence of the I-V characteristic of a superconducting tunnel junction, was first demonstrated by a group at the Boulder laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The same group will fabricate the devices for this project. Receivers to be used in the measurement of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy will be constructed from the hot-electron microbolometers developed under this project. ***