Multimode Horn Antennas for Far-Infrared Astronomy

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Murphy, J. A. [1 ]
Bracken, C. [1 ]
Doherty, S. [1 ]
McAuley, I. [1 ]
Wilson, D. [1 ]
O'Sullivan, C. [1 ]
Trappe, N. [1 ]
Gradziel, M. [1 ]
Ade, P. [2 ]
Gleeson, E. [1 ]
Maffei, B. [3 ]
Lamarre, J-M [4 ]
Noviello, F. [3 ]
Peacocke, T. [1 ]
Pisano, G. [3 ]
Puget, J-L [5 ]
Savini, G. [6 ]
Sudiwala, R. [2 ]
Withington, S. [7 ]
Wylde, R. [8 ]
Yurchenko, V. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Ireland Maynooth, Expt Phys Dept, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
[2] Cardiff Univ, Cardiff Sch Phys & Astron, Cardiff CF24 3AA, Wales
[3] Sch Phys & Astron, Jodrell Bank Ctr Astrophys, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[4] Observ Paris, Lerma, F-75014 Paris, France
[5] Univ Paris 11, Inst Astrophys Spatiale, F-91405 Orsay, France
[6] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England
[7] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 OHE, England
[8] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
来源
2014 8TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP) | 2014年
关键词
horn antenna; multimode; far-infrared astronomy; PRE-LAUNCH STATUS;
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摘要
Multi-mode horns combined with bolometric or incoherent detectors are finding application in astronomical receivers for which partially coherent operation can provide increased throughput and thus sensitivity. This is advantageous when observing faint sources, especially if diffraction limited resolution is not required, or if the horn beam is truncated by a cold stop in the optical train. We discuss how such horns can be simulated and present examples from receiver instrumentation on the Planck and SPICA space telescopes.
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页码:2580 / 2582
页数:3
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