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Janssen, R.M.J. (author)At the center of every galaxy there is a super-massive black hole of a million or more solar masses. In most galaxies the presence of this black hole can only be detected through its gravitational attraction, which affects the motion of nearby stars. However, in about 10% of the galaxies the super-massive black hole is the engine of one of the...doctoral thesis 2017
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Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Bueno, J. (author), Yates, S.J.C. (author), Yurduseven, O. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Karatsu, K. (author), Baryshev, A.M. (author), Ferrarini, L (author), Endo, A. (author), Thoen, David (author), de Visser, P.J. (author), Janssen, R.M.J. (author), Murugesan, V. (author), Driessen, E.F.C. (author), Coiffard, G. (author), Martin-Pintado, J. (author), Hargrave, P. (author), Griffin, M. (author)Aims. Future astrophysics and cosmic microwave background space missions operating in the far-infrared to millimetre part of the spectrum will require very large arrays of ultra-sensitive detectors in combination with high multiplexing factors and efficient low-noise and low-power readout systems. We have developed a demonstrator system suitable...journal article 2017
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Janssen, R.M.J. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Endo, A. (author), Ferrari, L. (author), Yates, S.J.C. (author), Baryshev, A.M. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author)We demonstrate photon noise limited performance in both phase and amplitude readout in microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) consisting of NbTiN and Al, down to 100 fW of optical power. We simulate the far field beam pattern of the lens-antenna system used to couple radiation into the MKID and derive an aperture efficiency of 75%. This...journal article 2013
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- Janssen, R.M.J. (author), Röttgering, H.J.A. (author), Best, P.N. (author), Brinchmann, J. (author) conference paper 2012
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Endo, A. (author), Van der Werf, P. (author), Janssen, R.M.J. (author), De Visser, P.J. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Ferrari, L. (author), Baryshev, A.M. (author), Yates, S.J.C. (author)An integrated filterbank (IFB) in combination with microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs), both based on superconducting resonators, could be used to make broadband submillimeter imaging spectrographs that are compact and flexible. In order to investigate the possibility of adopting an IFB configuration for DESHIMA (Delft SRON High...journal article 2012
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Janssen, R.M.J. (author), Endo, A. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), De Visser, P.J. (author), Barends, R. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author)The sensitivity of microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) based on coplanar waveguides (CPWs) needs to be improved by at least an order of magnitude to satisfy the requirements for space-based terahertz astronomy. Our aim is to investigate if this can be achieved by reducing the width of the CPW to much below what has typically been made...journal article 2012
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Yates, S.J.C. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Endo, A. (author), Janssen, R.M.J. (author), Ferrari, L. (author), Diener, P. (author), Baryshev, A.M. (author)Microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) have shown great potential for sub-mm instrumentation because of the high scalability of the technology. Here, we demonstrate for the first time in the sub-mm band (0.1–2 mm) a photon noise limited performance of a small antenna coupled MKID detector array and we describe the relation between photon...journal article 2011