Development of an ultra-sensitive 210-micron array of KIDs for far-IR astronomy
Elijah Kane (Rick), Chris Albert (Rick), Nicholas Cothard (Rick), Steven Hailey-Dunsheath (Rick), Pierre Echternach (Rick), Logan Foote (Rick), Reinier M. Janssen (Rick), Henry (Rick), LeDuc (Simon), Lun-Jun (Simon), Liu (Matt), Hien Nguyen (Matt), Jason Glenn (Matt), Charles (Matt), Bradford, Jonas Zmuidzinas
arXiv:2408.03859v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a proposed space observatory which will use arrays of thousands of kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) to perform low- and moderate-resolution spectroscopy throughout the far-infrared. The detectors must have noise equivalent powers (NEPs) at or below 0.1 aW/sqrt(Hz) to be subdominant to noise from sky backgrounds and thermal noise from PRIMA’s cryogenically cooled primary mirror. Using a Radio Frequency System on a Chip for multitone readout, we measure the NEPs of detectors on a flight-like array designed to observe at a wavelength of 210 microns. We find that 92% of the KIDs measured have an NEP below 0.1 aW/sqrt(Hz) at a noise frequency of 10 Hz.arXiv:2408.03859v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a proposed space observatory which will use arrays of thousands of kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) to perform low- and moderate-resolution spectroscopy throughout the far-infrared. The detectors must have noise equivalent powers (NEPs) at or below 0.1 aW/sqrt(Hz) to be subdominant to noise from sky backgrounds and thermal noise from PRIMA’s cryogenically cooled primary mirror. Using a Radio Frequency System on a Chip for multitone readout, we measure the NEPs of detectors on a flight-like array designed to observe at a wavelength of 210 microns. We find that 92% of the KIDs measured have an NEP below 0.1 aW/sqrt(Hz) at a noise frequency of 10 Hz.