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Lecture 10: Bolometers - Leiden Observatory

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Time Response of a Bolometer<br />

Detection of Light: <strong>Lecture</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />

T0<br />

Adding an astronomical source represented as a time<br />

varying component:<br />

Heat sink Bolometer<br />

Thermal link<br />

⌘PV (t) = dQ<br />

dt<br />

= C dT1<br />

dt<br />

Where ⌘ is quantum efficiency, Q is thermal energy,<br />

and C = dQ/dT1 is the heat capacity [J/K]<br />

PV (t)

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