Description
Chairs:
Erik Shirokoff: 9:30 - 10:45;
Johannes Hubmayr: 11:15 - 12:30;
Dr
Gerhard Ulbricht
(UCSB)
22/06/2016, 09:30
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
The Mazin Lab at UC Santa Barbara develops MKID arrays for astronomical applications in the optical to IR wavelength range. I will present results from ARCONS, a 2024 pixel MKID array and the first optical MKID camera used for astronomical observations. I will further give an overview over the development and commissioning of DARKNESS and MEC, MKID cameras with 10.000 and 20.000 pixel...
Dr
Akira Endo
(TU Delft)
22/06/2016, 09:55
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
Ultra-wideband millimeter-submillimeter wave spectrometry can become a very efficient method for rapidly determining the redshift of dusty starbutst galaxies in the early Universe. We are developing a new instrument, DESHIMA (Deep Spectroscopic High-redshift Mapper), which takes advantage of the multiplexibility of KIDs to realize a spectrometer that covers the entire submillimeter band...
Prof.
Osamu Tajima
(KEK)
22/06/2016, 10:20
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
The cosmic inflation is a promising scenario to describe the origin of the Big Bang universe. Precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, in particular its polarization patterns larger than one degree-scale, are the best experimental approach to prove it. The GroundBIRD is one of the CMB polarization experiments, we plan to start observation at Canary Island from...
Dr
Kenichi Karatsu
(TU Delft)
22/06/2016, 11:15
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
DESHIMA is an on-chip filter bank spectrometer that utilizes NbTiN superconducting resonant filters.
The output signal of each filter is read out by microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs).
The high multiplexing capability of MKIDs enables us to realize wide-band coverage with moderate frequency resolution.
The target frequency band of DESHIMA is 326-905 GHz with frequency resolution...
Prof.
Peter Timbie
(University of Wisconsin - Madison)
22/06/2016, 11:40
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
We are developing kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) for measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. Our goal is to extend the range of applicability of KIDs to wavelengths as long as 1 cm. As a first step, we have designed, fabricated, and tested a 20-pixel prototype LEKID array using a simple quasi-lumped element
microstrip design optimized for...
