Title :
Superconducting microwave resonant circuits for the detection of photons from microwaves through gamma rays
Author :
Irwin, K.D. ; Gao, J. ; Hilton, G.C. ; Mates, J.A.B. ; Vale, L.R.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Thin-film superconducting microwave resonators play an important role in large superconducting photon cameras for applications ranging from cosmology to nuclear non-proliferation. The high quality factor and low loss of these devices make it possible to couple many resonators to a single feedline, enabling frequency-division multiplexing of large arrays of detectors. We review the use of superconducting microwave resonators for both microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) and superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES).
Keywords :
frequency division multiplexing; superconducting microwave devices; superconducting resonators; thin film devices; cosmology; frequency division multiplexing; gamma rays; microwave kinetic inductance detector; nuclear nonproliferation; photons; quality factor; superconducting microwave resonant circuit; superconducting photon camera; superconducting transition edge sensors; thin film superconducting microwave resonator; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave circuits; Microwave measurements; Photonics; Resonant frequency; SQUIDs; Superconducting microwave devices; Detectors; superconducting microwave devices;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-754-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972694
