Review on bolometer technologies - APC
Review on bolometer technologies - APC
Review on bolometer technologies - APC
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Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs or KIDs)Quasiparticle creati<strong>on</strong> changes the kinetic inductance (surface reactance) of superc<strong>on</strong>ductor.Making the superc<strong>on</strong>ducting film part of a res<strong>on</strong>ant circuit, capacitively coupled to a through line, results inchange of amplitude and phase of a microwave probe signal→ Very sensitive® Easy frequency-domain multiplexing in the GHz rangeMKID16-pixel arrayPixel designEach pixel has a 16-slot phased array antennaCamera with 16 tiles of 36-4color pixels under c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>(Caltech Submillimeter Observatory)• 576 pixels, 2304 res<strong>on</strong>ators, 8 coax + HEMT