Single Pixel Performance of the Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper

R. M.J. Janssen; R. Nie; B. Bumble; L. J. Liu; J. Redford; J. P. Filippini; C. M. Bradford; S. Hailey-Dunsheath; J. E. Aguirre; J. S. Bracks; A. J. Corso; J. Fu; C. E. Groppi; J. Hoh; R. P. Keenan; I. N. Lowe; D. P. Marrone; P. D. Mauskopf; I. Trumper; J. D. Vieira

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Single Pixel Performance of the Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper

R. M.J. Janssen, R. Nie, B. Bumble, L. J. Liu, J. Redford, J. P. Filippini, C. M. Bradford, S. Hailey-Dunsheath, J. E. Aguirre, J. S. Bracks, A. J. Corso, J. Fu, C. E. Groppi, J. Hoh, R. P. Keenan, I. N. Lowe, D. P. Marrone, P. D. Mauskopf, I. Trumper, J. D. Vieira

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Abstract

The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM) is a NASA far-infrared balloon mission designed to perform [CII] intensity mapping of the peak of cosmic star formation. To achieve this goal, TIM will fly two grating spectrometers that together cover the 240–420 μ m wavelength range at a spectral resolution, R∼ 250. Each spectrometer will require a large format (∼ 3600 detectors) array of dual-polarization sensitive detectors, which are photon noise limited at the 100 fW of loading expected during operation. We present the design of a fully-aluminum low-volume lumped-element kinetic inductance detector that incorporates a novel “chain-link” absorber design. Operating at 215 mK, we demonstrate this detector achieves a photon noise limited performance at 100 fW of optical loading with a white noise spectrum down to 1 Hz. Based upon noise measurements of a dark detector, which shows a quasi-particle lifetime of 300μs, these KIDs are expected to achieve a detector-limited noise equivalent power of ∼1.3×10-18W/Hz.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	197-206
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	211
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02830-9
State	Published - Jun 2023

Keywords

Aluminum
Balloon
Far-infrared spectroscopy
Kinetic inductance detector

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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Janssen, R. M. J., Nie, R., Bumble, B., Liu, L. J., Redford, J., Filippini, J. P., Bradford, C. M., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Aguirre, J. E., Bracks, J. S., Corso, A. J., Fu, J., Groppi, C. E., Hoh, J., Keenan, R. P., Lowe, I. N., Marrone, D. P., Mauskopf, P. D., Trumper, I., & Vieira, J. D. (2023). Single Pixel Performance of the Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 211(5-6), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02830-9

Janssen, RMJ, Nie, R, Bumble, B, Liu, LJ, Redford, J, Filippini, JP, Bradford, CM, Hailey-Dunsheath, S, Aguirre, JE, Bracks, JS, Corso, AJ, Fu, J, Groppi, CE, Hoh, J, Keenan, RP, Lowe, IN, Marrone, DP, Mauskopf, PD, Trumper, I & Vieira, JD 2023, 'Single Pixel Performance of the Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper', Journal of Low Temperature Physics, vol. 211, no. 5-6, pp. 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02830-9

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Single Pixel Performance of the Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper

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