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Chair: Andrea Tartari
Dr
Martino Calvo
(Institut Néel - CNRS Grenoble)
23/06/2016, 09:30
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
The New IRAM KID Array 2 (NIKA2) instrument is a camera installed at the IRAM 30-meters telescope based on superconducting Kinetic Inductance Detectors. Reaching a total of more than 3000 pixels split between two separate bands (2mm and 1.15mm), and the ability to make polarization-sensitive observations in the lower wavelength channel, NIKA2 will be an fundamental tool for a wide spectra of...
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New results from SuperSpec: developing an on-chip, mm-wave, KID-based, filter-bank spectrometer.
Prof.
Erik Shirokoff
(University of Chicago)
23/06/2016, 09:55
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
SuperSpec is a novel, ultra-compact spectrometer-on-a-chip for millimeter and submillimeter wavelength astronomy. Its very small size, wide spectral bandwidth, and highly multiplexed detector readout will enable construction of powerful multibeam spectrometers for high-redshift observations of dusty star forming galaxies and intensity mapping of spectral lines from unresolved sources. ...
Dr
Pete Barry
(Cardiff University)
23/06/2016, 10:20
MKIDs for optical, infrared, and millimeter wave telescopes
Oral Contribution
Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) offer the unique combination of excellent sensitivity to THz radiation along with minimal cryogenic complexity. The goal of the SpaceKIDs project is to work on the developments needed to enable this technology for both low-background (astrophysical) and high-background (Earth-observing) applications. Two laboratory demonstrator systems have been built to...
