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

Other (2020)

Authors

S.J.C. Yates SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
J. Bueno SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
A. Endo Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
A.M. Baryshev Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
L. Ferrari SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
V. Murugesan SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
David Thoen Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
J.J.A. Baselmans Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

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.