Performance of a 961 pixel kinetic inductance detector system for future space borne observatories

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

J.J.A. Baselmans SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research

J. Bueno Lopez SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research

O. Yurduseven Tera-Hertz Sensing -

Nuria Llombart Tera-Hertz Sensing -

V. Murugesan SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research

David Thoen Tera-Hertz Sensing -

AM Baryshev Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, SRON–Netherlands Institute for Space Research

A. Neto Tera-Hertz Sensing -

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing () (TU Delft)

Optical sensors Detectors Inductance Kinetic theory Optical arrays Optical variables measurement Optical filters

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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

Abstract

Microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) promise high sensitivity, combined with device simplicity and intrinsic multiplexibility. We demonstrate in this paper the realization of an imaging system consisting of an array of 961 antenna-coupled MKIDs that is read out using a single pair of coax cables and an analogue-digital back-end with a 2 GHz readout bandwidth. We measure the optical NEP of the central pixels of the array and find NEP = 510 -19 w/Vhz. The electrical NEP is measured for all pixels, giving NEP = 3.3 ± 1.310 -19 W/VHz for 85% of the pixels. We further obtain an instantaneous dynamic range of a factor 1000 and a cosmic ray dead time of 0.5% in the lab, resulting in 25% dead time when operated in a spacecraft at L2.