Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the European Astronomical Society
- Winner of the 2014 MERAC prize awarded by the European Astronomical Society
- Describes technology that will make a major contribution to the future extension of the operation of major telescopes, such as ALMA, APEX and the GLT, from single pixel to large format arrays
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Dr. Tan was awarded the 2014 MERAC Prize by the European Astronomical Society for the Best Doctoral Thesis in the category "Technologies".
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Development of Coherent Detector Technologies for Sub-Millimetre Wave Astronomy Observations
Authors: Boon Kok Tan
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19363-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19362-5Published: 05 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37318-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19363-2Published: 15 September 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 219
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices