Design and assembly of a stressed Ge:Ga photoconductor array for AIRES
Abstract
In this paper we present the considerations for design and assembly of a stressed gallium doped germanium photoconductor array for the Airborne InfraRed Echelle Spectrometer on SOFIA. This 8 X 12 element array will cover the wavelength range from 125 to 210 micrometers . The considerations cover the aspects of the mechanical design for stressing the detectors in a uniform way, assembly of the components, contacting them electrically with minimized stray capacitance, and the layout of the light collecting cone assembly.
- Publication:
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Airborne Telescope Systems
- Pub Date:
- June 2000
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2000SPIE.4014..148R