Cryostats and Low Temperature Physics for Quantum Computing
Once the stuff of science fiction, a future when quantum computing is ready to solve our most vexing problems may not be too many years away.
Once the stuff of science fiction, a future when quantum computing is ready to solve our most vexing problems may not be too many years away.
All bolometers may do the same job – measure infrared radiation – but they are not all alike. There are different bolometers for different spectral ranges; there are high resolution, standard, general purpose, and far IR bolometers; there are composite, silicon, hot electron, and germanium bolometers and photodetectors.
All bolometers may do the same job – measure infrared radiation – but they are not all alike. There are different bolometers for different spectral ranges; there are high resolution, standard, general purpose, and far IR bolometers; there are composite, silicon, hot electron, and germanium bolometers and photodetectors.
Cryogenics is a fascinating technology with an array of applications that are being added to all the time. At its most basic, cryogenics involves cooling gases like hydrogen, nitrogen, and helium so that they become liquids. Turning the gases into liquids and maintaining the low temperature necessary to keep them in a liquid state defines cryogenic technology.