3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
Metal-Mesh Linear Variable Filter for Far-Infrared Wavelengths
Joanna Perido, Kevin Denis, Sean O. Clancy +7
Future far-infrared (IR) observatories require compact and cost efficient optical linear variable bandpass filters (LVBFs) to define their instrument spectral bands. We have design…
astro-ph.IM2024
Monolithic Kilopixel Silicon Microlens Arrays for Future Far-Infrared Observatories
Nicholas F. Cothard, Thomas Stevenson, Jennette Mateo +6
Future far-infrared astrophysics observatories will require focal plane arrays containing thousands of ultra-sensitive, superconducting detectors, each of which needs to be optical…
astro-ph.IM2024
High-sensitivity Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays for the Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics
Logan Foote, Chris Albert, Jochem Baselmans +15
Far-infrared (far-IR) astrophysics missions featuring actively cooled telescopes will offer orders of magnitude observing speed improvement at wavelengths where galaxies and formin…