Accession Number:

ADD002810

Title:

Joule-Thomson Cryostat Cooled Infrared Cell Having a Built-In Thermostat Sensing Element.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Peterson,Eugene W.
• Wurtz,Howard P. , Jr.
• Winner,Marvin R.

Report Date:

1976-03-02

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

A cryogenically cooled infra-red detection cell assembly comprises a Dewar-flask type of thermal insulation casing. The closed end of the Dewar casing is the front end of the assembly and is adapted to have a lead sulfide infra-red transducer mounted on the inside face of the casing inner end wall, and to have the casing outer end wall form a part of a lens system for focusing on the transducer. A Joule-Thomson cryostat projects into the casing so as to maintain liquid nitrogen adjacent the outside face of the inner end wall. The cold end of the cryostat is mounted to a metal mandrel, with the rear end of the mandrel serving as a mount for a small piece of gold-doped germanium. This piece of doped germanium acts as a variable resistance at the critical range of temperature control for the front end of the cryostat, and is operatively connected to a thermostat circuit which actuates the valve controlling the flow of gas into the cryostat.

Descriptors:

• *Cryostats
• *Infrared detectors
• *Thermostats
• *Patents
• Cryogenics
• Liquid nitrogen
• Germanium
• Doping
• Gold
• Dewar flasks
• Automatic

Subject Categories:

• Infrared Detection and Detectors
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE