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news News from the Cryogenic Qualification Model (CQM) tests in Liège
The Cryogenic Qualification Model (CQM) of the Planck satellite is beeing tested at the CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège). On Monday 26 September, HFI goes down to 100/101 mK on the cold end of the dilution cooler, in the CQM S/C configuration, at CSL plants, in Focal 5 vacuum chamber. The bolometer plate reaches 107 mK. It was achieved during a second cool down, after 3 weeks of investigations or/and instrument test phases involving only the 4K and 1.6K stages.
     
Polarisation Sensitive Bolometers

Polarization Sensitive Bolometers (PSB) were developed especially for this project. They are very similar to spider-web bolometers but for the grid that consist mainly of parallel resistive wires that absorb only the polarized component with electrical field parallel to the wires. A second absorber with perpendicular wires detects the other component.

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PSB description
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Polarisation Sensitive Bolometer

All the optics has to be consistent with this design. In particular, it has to properly keep the polarization of the transmitted wave.

   
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