Fabrication and performance verification of a 961 pixel Kinetic Inductance Detector system for future space borne observatories 9914-138
J. Baselmans (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing, SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
J. Bueno Lopez (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
O. Yurduseven (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
S. Yates (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
N. Llombart (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
V. Murugesan (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
David Thoen (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
A. Baryshev (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
A. Endo (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing, TU Delft - QN/Quantum Nanoscience)
EFC Driessen (Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), TU Delft - QN/Mol. Electronics & Devices)
A. Neto (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
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Abstract
Astronomical observations at infrared, sub-millimetre, and millimetre wavelengths are essential for addressing many of the key questions in astrophysics. Future ground- and space based observatories need large detector arrays with a sensitivity limited only by the noise of the radiation background. We demonstrate that antenna coupled Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors allow us to create kpixel large arrays with background limited sensitivity over the entire FIR/mmwavelength range. We discuss in detail the readout system and experimental results of a 961 pixel array, optimised for 850 GHz radiation that is read out with a single readout chain.