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The lecture imparts the knowledge about the function, fabrication and system integration of modern integrated detector circuits for the frequencies used and to be detected in astronomy and space flight in the range from 1 GHz to 5 THz. Fast semiconducting components (HEMTs, Schottky diodes, etc...) as well as superconducting integrated measurement systems based on SIS-Josephson mixers or so-called hot electron bolometers (HEBs) are used. The structure widths of these devices are in the micrometer or nanometer range, depending on the application. In the lecture, the system integration in satellites or earthbound telescopes is also discussed in detail on the basis of worldwide existing instruments. Function and design of X-ray detectors for future space missions based on TES/SQUID are explained as well as modern WIMP and neutrino detectors for the field of astroparticle physics and cosmology.

This lecture represents a consolidation of the lecture "Nanoelectronics".

Content:

• Astrophysical radiation sources in space, frequency ranges.
• Semiconductor detectors
• SIS mixers for radio telescopes
• Hot Electron Bolometer (HEB)
• System integration and high frequency electronics (readout circuits, amplifiers, filters, etc...)
• Existing instruments worldwide
• Future large-scale projects (SOFIA, HERSCHEL, ALMA)
• Detectors for X-ray radiation (TES/SQUID) and astroparticle physics