Lecture 10: Bolometers - Leiden Observatory
Lecture 10: Bolometers - Leiden Observatory
Lecture 10: Bolometers - Leiden Observatory
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Steady State Operation of a Bolometer<br />
Detection of Light: <strong>Lecture</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
T0<br />
G = P0<br />
T0 + T1<br />
Heat sink Bolometer<br />
T1<br />
Thermal link<br />
Incoming photon power flux increases Bolometer<br />
from equilibrium temperature T0 to T0 + . T1<br />
A thermal link with thermal conductance G transfers power to<br />
a heat sink of temperature T0<br />
P0<br />
P0