DocumentCode
3691393
Title
SPACEKIDS: Kinetic inductance detector arrays for space applications
Author
M. Griffin;J. Baselmans;A. Baryshev;S. Doyle;M. Grim;P. Hargrave;T. Klapwijk;J. Martin-Pintado;A. Monfardini;A. Neto;H. Steenbeck;I. Walker;K. Wood;A. D´Addabbo;P. Barry;A. Bideaud;B. Blázquez;J. Bueno;M. Calvo;J-L Costa-Kramer;L. Ferrari;A. G�
Author_Institution
School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, UK
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) offer excellent sensitivity in the THz region combined with ease of operation. The SPACEKIDS project is working on developments needed to enable this technology for space. It includes development of antenna-coupled and lumped-element KIDS, and of the necessary readout electronics. KID arrays have been developed for both low-background (astrophysical) and high-background (Earth-observing) applications. Two laboratory demonstrator systems are now being used to evaluate kilo-pixel array characteristics and performance in an environment representative of both astronomy (low background) and Earth observing (high-background) applications.
Keywords
"Detectors","Antenna arrays","Kinetic theory","Inductance","Astronomy","Telescopes"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2015 40th International Conference on
ISSN
2162-2027
Electronic_ISBN
2162-2035
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327546
Filename
7327546
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