Mazin, Benjamin A. and Day, Peter K. and LeDuc, Henry G. and Vayonakis, Anastasios and Zmuidzinas, Jonas (2002) Superconducting kinetic inductance photon detectors. In: Highly Innovative Space Telescope Concepts. Proceedings of SPIE. No.4849. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, pp. 283-293. ISBN 9780819446282. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190115-152609739
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We are investigating a novel superconducting detector and readout method that could lead to photon counting, energy resolving focal plane arrays. This concept is intrinsically different from STJ and TES detectors, and in principle could deliver large pixel counts, high sensitivity, and Fano-limited spectral resolution in the optical/UV/X-ray bands. The readout uses the monotonic relation between the kinetic surface inductance L_s of a superconductor and the density of quasiparticles n, which holds even at temperatures far below T_c. This allows a sensitive readout of the number of excess quasiparticles in the detector by monitoring the transmission phase of a resonant circuit. The most intriguing aspect of this concept is that passive frequency multiplexing could be used to read out ~10^4 detectors with a single HEMT amplifier. Single x-ray events have been observed in prototype detectors.
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| Additional Information: | © 2002 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). We would like to thank NASA Grant NAG5-10358, the JPL Director’s Discretionary Fund, and the Caltech President’s Fund for supporting this research. | ||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Superconducting, Detectors, Kinetic Inductance, Cryogenic, STJ, TES, KID | ||||||||
| Series Name: | Proceedings of SPIE | ||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 4849 | ||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20190115-152609739 | ||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Benjamin A. Mazin, Peter K. Day, Henry G. LeDuc, Anastasios Vayonakis, Jonas Zmuidzinas, "Superconducting kinetic inductance photon detectors," Proc. SPIE 4849, Highly Innovative Space Telescope Concepts, (18 December 2002); doi: 10.1117/12.460456 | ||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 15 Jan 2019 23:35 | ||||||||
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