Thermal Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Ground-Based Millimeter-Wave Cosmology

Steinbach, B.; Bock, J. J.; Nguyen, Hien; O’Brient, R.; Turner, Anthony

doi:10.1007/s10909-018-2016-y

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“…Future versions of the PICO instrument, perhaps when implemented in the next decade, may choose to use even larger focal planes. There are rapidly developing technologies such as microwave frequency MUX 17 , kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) 18 , and thermal KIDS (TKIDs) 19 , that may more sensibly address those needs if they are sufficiently mature.…”

Section: Readout Electronicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

Sutin

Alvarez

Battaglia

et al. 2018

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

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The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a NASA-funded study of a Probe-class mission concept. The toplevel science objectives are to probe the physics of the Big Bang by measuring or constraining the energy scale of inflation, probe fundamental physics by measuring the number of light particles in the Universe and the sum of neutrino masses, to measure the reionization history of the Universe, and to understand the mechanisms driving the cosmic star formation history, and the physics of the galactic magnetic field. PICO would have multiple frequency bands between 21 and 799 GHz, and would survey the entire sky, producing maps of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation, of galactic dust, of synchrotron radiation, and of various populations of point sources. Several instrument configurations, optical systems, cooling architectures, and detector and readout technologies have been and continue to be considered in the development of the mission concept. We will present a snapshot of the baseline mission concept currently under development.

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confidence: 99%

PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

Sutin

Alvarez

Battaglia

et al. 2018

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

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“…Our TKID design targets the detector performance requirements needed for CMB observations at 150 GHz. The devices discussed in this paper are an improvement on our initial design 49 and demonstrate noise performance appropriate for background-limited ground-based CMB measurements at 150 GHz.…”

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Thermal kinetic inductance detectors for millimeter-wave detection

Wandui

Bock

Frez

et al. 2020

Journal of Applied Physics

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Thermal Kinetic-Inductance Detectors (TKIDs) combine the excellent noise performance of traditional bolometers with a radio frequency multiplexing architecture that enables the large detector counts needed for the next generation of millimeter-wave instruments. In this paper, we first discuss the expected noise sources in TKIDs and derive the limits where the phonon noise contribution dominates over the other detector noise terms: generation-recombination, amplifier, and two-level system noise. Second, we characterize aluminum TKIDs in a dark environment. We present measurements of TKID resonators with quality factors of about 10 5 at 80 mK. We also discuss the bolometer thermal conductance, heat capacity, and time constants. These were measured by the use of a resistor on the thermal island to excite the bolometers. These dark aluminum TKIDs demonstrate a noise equivalent power, NEP = 2 Â 10 À17 W= ffiffiffiffiffiffi Hz p , with a 1=f knee at 0.1 Hz, which provides background noise limited performance for ground-based telescopes observing at 150 GHz.

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“…It has recently been shown that the thermal circuit performs similarly to a TES, with the RF readout power providing a mechanism for electrothermal feedback that is essential to achieving the stability and dynamic range required [59]. Early examples of TKIDs focused on development of sensors for detection of x-rays [61,62]; however, new mm-wave designs for future CMB experiments are underway [63], as shown in Figure 6.…”

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Large-Format, Transmission-Line-Coupled Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays for HEP at Millimeter Wavelengths

Barry¹,

Chang²,

Golwala³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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The kinetic inductance detector (KID) is a versatile and scalable detector technology with a wide range of applications. These superconducting detectors offer significant advantages: simple and robust fabrication, intrinsic multiplexing that will allow thousands of detectors to be read out with a single microwave line, and simple and low cost room temperature electronics. These strengths make KIDs especially attractive for HEP science via mm-wave cosmological studies. Examples of these potential cosmological observations include studying cosmic acceleration (Dark Energy) through measurements of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, precision cosmology through ultra-deep measurements of small-scale CMB anisotropy, and mm-wave spectroscopy to map out the distribution of cosmological structure at the largest scales and highest redshifts. The principal technical challenge for these kinds of projects is the successful deployment of large-scale high-density focal planes-a need that can be addressed by KID technology. In this paper, we present an overview of microstrip-coupled KIDs for use in mm-wave observations and outline the research and development needed to advance this class of technology and enable these upcoming large-scale experiments.

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Thermal Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Ground-Based Millimeter-Wave Cosmology

Cited by 11 publications

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PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

Thermal kinetic inductance detectors for millimeter-wave detection

Large-Format, Transmission-Line-Coupled Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays for HEP at Millimeter Wavelengths

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