ARCONS: a 1024 pixel superconducting integral field spectrograph
ARCONS, the Array Camera for Optical to Near-infrared Spectrophotometry, was recently commissioned at the Coudé focus of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory. At the heart of this unique instrument is a 1024-pixel Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID), exploiting the Kinetic...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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