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SCUBA-2 Detector for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope


The SCUBA-2 project involves the IMNS, the ATC, Cardiff, NIST and a consortium of Canadian Universities.  It is to be mounted into the JCM telescope shown in figure 1. Figure shows a schematic view of an inbdividual pixel with figure 3 showing an SEM of the pixel absorber brick. Figure 4 shows one quadrant of the detector and MUX wafer that atr indium bump bonded together. Figure 5 shows the detector quadrant attached to the CuBe hairbrush. SCUBA-2 publications give more details on the project.

Figure 1.  The JCM telescope in Hawaii

Figure 2.  SCUBA-2 pixel

Figure 3.  SCUBA-2 pixel bricks and support structure 


Figure 4.  SCUBA-2 detector and MUX quadrant

Figure 4.  SCUBA-2 detector and MUX on CuBe hairbrush

Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL
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