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Kinetic Inductance Detectors development for mm-wave Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

A. Monfardini*
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
L.J. Swenson
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
A. Benoit
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
A. Bideau
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
G. Bres
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
P. Camus
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
G. Garde
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
C. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
J. Minet
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
H. Rodenas
Affiliation:
Institut Néel, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, BP. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Abstract

Throughout the last decades, development of low-temperat- ure detectors focused mainly on the design of high-sensitivity, single-pixel devices. This includes such devices as semiconductor-based photodetectors and bolometers, Magnetic Metallic Calorimeters (MMC), Superconducting Tunnel Junctions (STJ), and Transition Edge Sensors (TES). However, these devices have had limited success in achieving the simultaneous large-scale array sizes and large-bandwidth operation necessary for high-speed, high-resolution detection. To overcome this performance limitation, it is advisable to focus on low-temperature detectors which are intrinsically adapted to giant-array multiplexing and ultra-fast readout. To adopt large scale frequency-domain multiplexing for low-temperature detectors, it is necessary to find detectors which“broadcast” at microwave frequencies. Superconducting microwave resonators naturally lend themselves to this task. One recent demonstration is an implementation known as Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs). This detection mechanism can be adopted for low-energy EM radiation (radio, mm, THz) in continuous mode, or in pulsed mode for higher energy radiation and particles. We present an ongoing development for a KIDs instrument dedicated to millimetric ground-based observations at the 30m IRAM telescope at Pico Veleta. The Neel IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) project is coordinated in Grenoble and involves groups in Holland (SRON), UK (Cardiff) and Italy (Roma).

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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2009

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