Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4418-4428 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Applied Optics |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 20 2008 |