BICEP2 telescope camera superconducting chip. Chip identical to the 16 chips integrated into the BICEP2 (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Po

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BICEP2 telescope camera superconducting chip. Chip identical to the 16 chips integrated into the BICEP2 (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) telescope camera at the South Pole. Each custom-made superconducting circuit chip amplifies the electrical signals generated by 32 microwave detectors and assembles them into a sequential time stream. Developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with this image published in 2014 by NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML).

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Size: 4000px × 2182px
Photo credit: © Schmidt/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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