Band 9 receiver cartridge for ALMA

One of the 73 Band 9 receiver cartridges delivered by NOVA (the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy) under contract to ESO, for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array project. The so-called "Band 9" receivers are the second-shortest wavelength ALMA detectors, measuring light with wavelengths as short as 420µm (0.42 millimetres). The design and manufacture of receivers that can operate at these short wavelengths is particularly challenging.

Credit:

ESO/NOVA

About the Image

Id:ann11086a
Type:Photographic
Release date:21 December 2011, 11:17
Related announcements:ann11086
Size:1455 x 2219 px

About the Object

Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:ALMA

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