• DocumentCode
    2176700
  • Title

    Focal plane arrays for THz imaging

  • Author

    Iacono, Annalisa ; Bencivenni, Carlo ; Freni, Angelo ; Neto, Andrea ; Gerini, Giampiero

  • Author_Institution
    Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    26-30 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    893
  • Lastpage
    897
  • Abstract
    The growing attention for Terahertz technology finds support in the high number of applications which will benefit by its use. In the space science sector, the investigation of the THz frequency range will improve the knowledge of the universe, giving a clearer view on its origin and its evolution. In this paper an overview of the work done on the design of a focal plane array based on KIDs sensors is reported. Moreover, a new modeling tool for array of large lenses will be presented.
  • Keywords
    astronomical instruments; focal planes; lenses; superconducting photodetectors; terahertz wave imaging; KID sensors; THz frequency range; THz imaging; focal plane arrays; kinetic inductance detectors; large lens array; terahertz technology; Antenna feeds; Detectors; Instruments; Lenses; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0918-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0919-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6205929
  • Filename
    6205929