Issue EAS Publications Series Volume 37, 2009 Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008 Page(s) 83 - 88 DOI 10.1051/eas/0937009 Published online 11 June 2009

Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008
P. Kern (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 37 (2009) 83-88
DOI: 10.1051/eas/0937009

Bolometer array developments in the DCMB collaboration

C. Hoffmann¹, B. Bélier², A. Benoit¹, A. Bideau¹, Ph. Camus¹, S. Collin³, L. Dumoulin³, Y. Jin⁴, S. Marnieros³, A. Monfardini¹, L.J. Swenson¹ and the DCMB collaboration

¹  Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France;
²  IEF, Université Paris Sud-11, 91405 Orsay, France
³  CSNSM, Université Paris Sud-11, 91405 Orsay, France
⁴  LPN, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France

christian.hoffmann@grenoble.cnrs.fr

Published online: 11 June 2009

Abstract
In the framework of the DCMB (Développement Concerté de Matrices de Bolomètres) collaboration we develop low temperature bolometer arrays for large field, high resolution imaging in astrophysics. DCMB is a R&D effort funded by CNES and CNRS involving a number of French laboratories. Two parallel developments have been made in this collaboration based on the NbSi alloy either semi-conducting or superconducting depending on the Nb concentration. Multiplexing schemes have been developed and demonstrated for these two options. Here we focus on high impedance bolometers and present two examples of array developments in progress: first, a 23 pixels array for the balloon-borne instrument OLIMPO and, second, 204 pixels for ground based observations with the 30 m IRAM telescope.

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