Progress towards ultra sensitive KIDs for future far-infrared missions: a focus on recombination times

Adalyn Fyhrie; Jonas Zmuidzinas; Jason Glenn; Peter Day; Henry G. LeDuc; Christopher McKenney

doi:10.1117/12.2312867

24 August 2018 Progress towards ultra sensitive KIDs for future far-infrared missions: a focus on recombination times

Adalyn Fyhrie, Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jason Glenn, Peter Day, Henry G. LeDuc, Christopher McKenney

Proceedings Volume 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 107083A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312867
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

Future generations of far-infrared (FIR) telescopes will need detectors with noise-equivalent powers on the order of 5x10^-20 W/Hz^1/2 in order to be photon background limited by astrophysical sources. One such mission concept in development is the Galaxy Evolution Probe (GEP), which will characterize galaxy formation and evolution from z=0 to beyond z=4. Kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) have been baselined for the GEP for spectroscopy and imaging science between 10 μm and 400 μm due to their intrinsic frequency multiplexability and simple readout schemes. We focus on quasiparticle recombination times as a strategy for increasing detector responsivities to move towards the NEP requirements of the GEP. We present a new model for quantifying time constants from the responses of detectors to pulses of light, and test this model on a 40 nm thick ¼ λ Al coplanar waveguide KID. We intend to use this measurement scheme to quantify the dependence of the quasiparticle recombination time on Al thickness.

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Adalyn Fyhrie, Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jason Glenn, Peter Day, Henry G. LeDuc, and Christopher McKenney "Progress towards ultra sensitive KIDs for future far-infrared missions: a focus on recombination times", Proc. SPIE 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 107083A (24 August 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312867

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