Fabrication and performance verification of a 961 pixel Kinetic Inductance Detector system for future space borne observatories 9914-138

Poster (2018)

Authors

J.J.A. Baselmans Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS , SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
J. Bueno Lopez Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
A. Neto Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
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O. Yurduseven Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
S. Yates SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Nuria Llombart Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
V. Murugesan SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
David Thoen Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
AM Baryshev Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
A. Endo Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS , QN/Quantum Nanoscience
E.F.C. Driessen Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), QN/Mol. Electronics & Devices
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 J.J.A. Baselmans, J. Bueno Lopez, O. Yurduseven, S. Yates, Nuria Llombart, V. Murugesan, David Thoen, AM Baryshev, A. Endo, E.F.C. Driessen, A. Neto, More Authors
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

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.

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