A readout for large arrays of microwave kinetic inductance detectors

被引：123

作者：

McHugh, Sean ^{[1
]}

Mazin, Benjamin A. ^{[1
]}

Serfass, Bruno ^{[2
]}

Meeker, Seth ^{[1
]}

O'Brien, Kieran ^{[1
]}

Duan, Ran ^{[3
]}

Raffanti, Rick ^{[4
]}

Werthimer, Dan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] CALTECH, Dept Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[4] Techne Instruments, Oakland, CA 94602 USA

来源：

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 2012年 / 83卷 / 04期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

MULTIPLEXER;

D O I：

10.1063/1.3700812

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

Microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) are superconducting detectors capable of counting single photons and measuring their energy in the UV, optical, and near-IR. MKIDs feature intrinsic frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) at microwave frequencies, allowing the construction and readout of large arrays. Due to the microwave FDM, MKIDs do not require the complex cryogenic multiplexing electronics used for similar detectors, such as transition edge sensors, but instead transfer this complexity to room temperature electronics where they present a formidable signal processing challenge. In this paper, we describe the first successful effort to build a readout for a photon counting optical/near-IR astronomical instrument, the ARray Camera for Optical to Near-infrared Spectrophotometry. This readout is based on open source hardware developed by the Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research. Designed principally for radio telescope backends, it is flexible enough to be used for a variety of signal processing applications. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3700812]

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