MWL - Millimeter-wave laboratory

ALMA Band 5

ALMA band five covers the frequency window from 163 to 211 GHz including the water line of 183 GHz. The Band 5 receivers are under construction at the Group of Advanced Receiver Development (GARD) on Chalmers University. The first receiver is getting ready for integration at the European Front End integration Center (EuFEIC) in UK, and it will be delivered to ALMA at the beginning of 2011. The Department of Astronomy of the University of Chile (DAS) is part of the consortium for the development of the first 6 receivers providing skilled engineering labor at the EuFEIC and GARD. DAS will be responsible for the integration and verification of the receivers in Chile.

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Band 5 Beam Scanner Test Source

The Millimeter-wave laboratory (MWL) designs, builds and tests receivers for use in radioastronomy with a focus on academic activities and technological research. We are a heterogeneous group of astronomers, engineers, technicians and students, with a joint experience that covers from decametric to sub-millimeter techniques. The Laboratory begins with the transfer of the equipment from the Maipú Radio Observatory on the year 2000 and the relocation/upgrade of the MINI (1.2m mm-wave radio telescope) from Cerro Tololo to Cerro Calan. Today, we are involved in several projects related to mm-wave receivers in collaboration with a number of groups abroad. Together with the Department of Electrical Engineering (DIE), which runs a photonics laboratory, we have formed the Astronomical Instrumentation Group.

DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

Camino El Observatorio # 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile Casilla 36-D (56-2) 977 1119. mwl@das.uchile.cl http://www.das.uchile.cl

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile (56-2) 2978 4888 https://www.die.cl/

Contact

Telephone

+562 2977 1119

Email

mwl@das.uchile.cl

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