South Pole Telescope optics

The South Pole Telescope is a 10 m diameter, wide-field, offset Gregorian telescope with a 966-pixel, millimeter-wave, bolometer array receiver. The telescope has an unusual optical system with a cold stop around the secondary. The design emphasizes low scattering and low background loading. All the...

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Published in:Applied Optics
Main Authors: Padin, S., Staniszewski, Z., Keisler, R., Joy, M., Stark, A. A., Ade, Peter A. R., Aird, K. A., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., Dobbs, M. A., Halverson, N. W., Heimsath, S., Hills, R. E., Holzapfel, W. L., Lawrie, C., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Leong, J., Lu, W., Lueker, M., McMahon, J. J., Meyer, S. S., Mohr, J. J., Montroy, T. E., Plagge, T., Pryke, C., Ruhl, J. E., Schaffer, K. K., Shirokoff, E., Spieler, H. G., Vieira, J. D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: The Optical Society 2008
Subjects:
QB Astronomy
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33766/
https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.004418
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Summary:The South Pole Telescope is a 10 m diameter, wide-field, offset Gregorian telescope with a 966-pixel, millimeter-wave, bolometer array receiver. The telescope has an unusual optical system with a cold stop around the secondary. The design emphasizes low scattering and low background loading. All the optical components except the primary are cold, and the entire beam from prime focus to the detectors is surrounded by cold absorber.

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