On the Design and Performance of Very Large MKID Arrays [VIDEO]

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On the Design and Performance of Very Large MKID Arrays [VIDEO]

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Author(s)

S.J.C. Yates (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)

J. Bueno (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)

A. Endo (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

A.M. Baryshev (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)

L. Ferrari (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)

V. Murugesan (SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research)

D.J. Thoen (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

J.J.A. Baselmans (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562367 Final published version

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Publication Year

2020

Language

English

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

Event

Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X (2020-12-14 - 2020-12-18), Virtual/online event due to COVID-19

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Abstract

Far infra-red, mm and sub-mm astronomy requires very large arrays of detectors for future wide field cameras and spectrometers. We present an array of lens-antenna coupled Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKID) for a wide field camera at 350 GHz. We discuss the optimization to maximize the usable detector yield and matching the array to the readout to enable array performance close to the background limit. We overview the optical characterization techniques required to have confidence in the instrument performance prior to on telescope integration, finally giving measured optical performance for an optimized array.