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SRON
Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Dr. Craig Kulesa
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
United States of America
Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA
Utrecht,
The
Netherlands
T + 3 1 (0)88 777 5600, F + 3 1 (0)88 777
5601
SRON Utrecht
www.sron.nl
Your
reference:
Our
reference:
Re:
Letter of commitment for HEAT
Direct dialling:
+31(0)15-2781370
E-mail; j.r.gao@tudelft,nl
Date: Oct 15, 2015
Dear Dr. Kulesa
I
acknowledge
that
I
am
identified
by
name
as
a collaborator
on
the
investigation
entitled
'Continued Development of the HEAT telescope at Ridge A' that is being submitted by Dr. Craig
Kulesa
in response to
NSF Program Solicitation
GPG 15-1
(Advanced
Tech Instr. ATI), and that
I
intend to carry out all responsibilities identified for me in this
proposal. I understand that the
extent and justification of my participation as stated in this proposal will be considered
during
peer review in determining in part the merits of this proposal.
SRON's track record includes the Principal Investigator role of the HIFI instrument on Herschel,
and contributions to the receivers for Band 9 of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. SRON still
maintains
a research
and
development
program
dedicated
to
SuperTeraHertz
technology
and
towards
heterodyne
receivers.
If
HEAT is
selected,
SRON
is
committed
to
provide
technical
expertise in HEB mixer and to build two HEB mixers for HEAT.
I wish you and your team all success and look forward to a fruitful collaboration.
Sincerely yours.
Dr. Jian-Rong Gao
Project leader ofthe super-THz technology at SRON and TU Delft
Senior Instrument Scientist in SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Part time senior researcher in Delft University of Technology
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Is part of
the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).