Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Feb 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986opten..25..323h&link_type=abstract
Optical Engineering (ISSN 0091-3286), vol. 25, Feb. 1986, p. 323-330. Previously announced in STAR as N86-14204.
Physics
Optics
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Bolometers, Continuous Spectra, Far Infrared Radiation, Focal Plane Devices, Focusing, Infrared Astronomy, Optics, Photometry, Spectral Resolution, Concentrators, Diffraction, Radiation Counters, Telescopes
Scientific paper
The construction of airborne observatories, high mountain-top observatories, and space observatories designed especially for infrared and submillimeter astronomy has opened fields of research requiring new optical techniques. A typical far-IR photometric study involves measurement of a continuum spectrum in several passbands between approx 30 microns and 1000 microns and diffraction-limited mapping of the source. At these wavelengths, diffraction effects strongly influence the design of the field optics systems which couple the incoming flux to the radiation sensors (cold bolometers). The Airy diffraction disk for a typical telescope at submillimeter wavelengths approx 100 microns-1000 microns is many millimeters in diameter; the size of the field stop must be comparable. The dilute radiation at the stop is fed through a Winston nonimaging concentrator to a small cavity containing the bolometer. The purpose of this paper is to review the principles and techniques of infrared field optics systems, including spectral filters, concentrators, cavities, and bolometers (as optical elements), with emphasis on photometric systems for wavelengths longer than 60 microns.
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