GREAT: the first-generation German heterodyne receiver for SOFIA

Rolf Guesten; Paul Hartogh; Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers; Urs U. Graf; K. Jacobs; Hans-Peter Roeser; Frank Schaefer; Rudolf T. Schieder; Ronald Stark; Juergen Stutzki; Peter Van der Wal; Achim Wunsch

doi:10.1117/12.389122

20 June 2000 GREAT: the first-generation German heterodyne receiver for SOFIA

Rolf Guesten, Paul Hartogh, Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers, Urs U. Graf, K. Jacobs, Hans-Peter Roeser, Frank Schaefer, Rudolf T. Schieder, Ronald Stark, Juergen Stutzki, Peter Van der Wal, Achim Wunsch

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Proceedings Volume 4014, Airborne Telescope Systems; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389122
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A consortium of German research laboratories has been established for the development of a modular dual-channel heterodyne instrument (GREAT: German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies) for high-resolution spectroscopy aboard SOFIA. The receiver is scheduled to be available in time for SOFIA's very first astronomical mission in late 2002. The first-flight version will offer opportunities for parallel observations in two frequency bands. We will have a choice of backends, including an acousto-optic array (4 X 1 GHz) and a high-resolution chirp transform spectrometer.

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Rolf Guesten, Paul Hartogh, Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers, Urs U. Graf, K. Jacobs, Hans-Peter Roeser, Frank Schaefer, Rudolf T. Schieder, Ronald Stark, Juergen Stutzki, Peter Van der Wal, and Achim Wunsch "GREAT: the first-generation German heterodyne receiver for SOFIA", Proc. SPIE 4014, Airborne Telescope Systems, (20 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389122

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