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DESHIMA on ASTE: On-sky Responsivity Calibration of the Integrated Superconducting Spectrometer

We are developing an ultra-wideband spectroscopic instrument, DESHIMA (DEep Spectroscopic HIgh-redshift MApper), based on the technologies of an on-chip filter-bank and Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) to investigate dusty…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Tatsuya Takekoshi , Kenichi Karatsu , Junya Suzuki , Yoichi Tamura , Tai Oshima , Akio Taniguchi , Shin'ichiro Asayama , Tom J. L. C. Bakx , Jochem J. A. Baselmans , Sjoerd Bosma , Juan Bueno , Kah Wuy Chin , Yasunori Fujii , Kazuyuki Fujita , Robert Huiting , Soh Ikarashi , Tsuyoshi Ishida , Shun Ishii , Ryohei Kawabe , Teun M. Klapwijk , Kotaro Kohno , Akira Kouchi , Nuria Llombart , Jun Maekawa , Vignesh Murugesan , Shunichi Nakatsubo , Masato Naruse , Kazushige Ohtawara , Alejandro Pascual Laguna , Koyo Suzuki , David J. Thoen , Takashi Tsukagoshi , Tetsutaro Ueda , Pieter J. de Visser , Paul P. van der Werf , Stephen J. C. Yates , Yuki Yoshimura , Ozan Yurduseven , Akira Endo

Millikelvin LEED apparatus: a feasibility study

A low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) apparatus which works at temperatures down to about 100 mK is designed to obtain structural information of 2D helium on graphite. This very low temperature system can be realized by reducing the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Matsui , S. Nakamura , T. Matsui , Hiroshi Fukuyama

High Precision Astrometry with MICADO at the European Extremely Large Telescope

In this article we identify and discuss various statistical and systematic effects influencing the astrometric accuracy achievable with MICADO, the near-infrared imaging camera proposed for the 42-metre European Extremely Large Telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Trippe , R. Davies , F. Eisenhauer , N. M. Foerster Schreiber , T. K. Fritz , R. Genzel

The NIKA instrument: results and perspectives towards a permanent KID based camera for the Pico Veleta observatory

The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a pathfinder instrument devoted to millimetric astronomy. In 2009 it was the first multiplexed KID camera on the sky; currently it is installed at the focal plane of the IRAM 30-meters telescope at Pico…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 A. D'Addabbo , R. Adam , A. Adane , P. Ade , P. André , A. Beelen , B. Belier , A. Benoit , A. Bideaud , N. Billot , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , G. Coiffard , B. Comis , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , J. Goupy , C. Kramer , S. Leclercq , J. Macias-Perez , J. Martino , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , F. Pajot , E. Pascale , N. Ponthieu , V. Revéret , L. Rodriguez , G. Savini , K. F. Schuster , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

First light demonstration of the integrated superconducting spectrometer

Ultra-wideband 3D imaging spectrometry in the millimeter-submillimeter (mm-submm) band is an essential tool for uncovering the dust-enshrouded portion of the cosmic history of star formation and galaxy evolution. However, it is challenging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-19 Akira Endo , Kenichi Karatsu , Yoichi Tamura , Tai Oshima , Akio Taniguchi , Tatsuya Takekoshi , Shin'ichiro Asayama , Tom J. L. C. Bakx , Sjoerd Bosma , Juan Bueno , Kah Wuy Chin , Yasunori Fujii , Kazuyuki Fujita , Robert Huiting , Soh Ikarashi , Tsuyoshi Ishida , Shun Ishii , Ryohei Kawabe , Teun M. Klapwijk , Kotaro Kohno , Akira Kouchi , Nuria Llombart , Jun Maekawa , Vignesh Murugesan , Shunichi Nakatsubo , Masato Naruse , Kazushige Ohtawara , Alejandro Pascual Laguna , Junya Suzuki , Koyo Suzuki , David J. Thoen , Takashi Tsukagoshi , Tetsutaro Ueda , Pieter J. de Visser , Paul P. van der Werf , Stephen J. C. Yates , Yuki Yoshimura , Ozan Yurduseven , Jochem J. A. Baselmans

Calibration and Performance of the NIKA2 camera at the IRAM 30-meter Telescope

NIKA2 is a dual-band millimetric continuum camera of 2900 Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID), operating at $150$ and $260\,\rm{GHz}$, installed at the IRAM 30-meter telescope. We present the performance assessment of NIKA2 after one year of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 L. Perotto , N. Ponthieu , J. -F. Macías-Pérez , R. Adam , P. Ade , P. André , A. Andrianasolo , H. Aussel , A. Beelen , A. Benoît , S. Berta , A. Bideaud , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , B. Comis , M. De Petris , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , E. F. C. Driessen , P. García , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , D. John , F. Kéruzoré , C. Kramer , B. Ladjelate , G. Lagache , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Lestrade , A. Maury , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , S. Navarro , J. Peñalver , F. Pierfederici , G. Pisano , V. Revéret , A. Ritacco , C. Romero , H. Roussel , F. Ruppin , K. Schuster , S. Shu , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

Membrane-less phonon trapping and resolution enhancement in optical microwave kinetic inductance detectors

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) sensitive to light in the ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths are superconducting micro-resonators that are capable of measuring photon arrival times to microsecond precision and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-04 Nicholas Zobrist , W. Hawkins Clay , Grégoire Coiffard , Miguel Daal , Noah Swimmer , Peter Day , Benjamin A. Mazin

Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector

Precise measurement of neutrino beam direction and intensity was achieved based on a new concept with modularized neutrino detectors. INGRID (Interactive Neutrino GRID) is an on-axis near detector for the T2K long baseline neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-03 K. Abe , N. Abgrall , Y. Ajima , H. Aihara , J. B. Albert , C. Andreopoulos , B. Andrieu , M. D. Anerella , S. Aoki , O. Araoka , J. Argyriades , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , S. Assylbekov , D. Autiero , A. Badertscher , M. Barbi , G. J. Barker , G. Barr , M. Bass , M. Batkiewicz , F. Bay , S. Bentham , V. Berardi , B. E. Berger , I. Bertram , M. Besnier , J. Beucher , D. Beznosko , S. Bhadra , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , J. Blocki , A. Blondel , C. Bojechko , J. Bouchez , S. B. Boyd , A. Bravar , C. Bronner , D. G. Brook-Roberge , N. Buchanan , H. Budd , D. Calvet , S. L. Cartwright , A. Carver , R. Castillo , M. G. Catanesi , A. Cazes , A. Cervera , C. Chavez , S. Choi , G. Christodoulou , J. Coleman , G. Collazuol , W. Coleman , K. Connolly , A. Curioni , A. Dabrowska , I. Danko , R. Das , G. S. Davies , S. Davis , M. Day , G. De Rosa , J. P. A. M. de André , P. de Perio , T. Dealtry , A. Delbart , C. Densham , F. Di Lodovico , S. Di Luise , P. Dinh Tran , J. Dobson , U. Dore , O. Drapier , F. Dufour , J. Dumarchez , S. Dytman , M. Dziewiecki , M. Dziomba , S. Emery , A. Ereditato , J. E. Escallier , L. Escudero , L. S. Esposito , M. Fechner , A. Ferrero , A. J. Finch , E. Frank , Y. Fujii , Y. Fukuda , V. Galymov , G. L. Ganetis , F. C. Gannaway , A. Gaudin , A. Gendotti , M. George , S. Giffin , C. Giganti , K. Gilje , A. K. Ghosh , T. Golan , M. Goldhaber , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , S. Gomi , M. Gonin , N. Grant , A. Grant , P. Gumplinger , P. Guzowski , A. Haesler , M. D. Haigh , K. Hamano , C. Hansen , D. Hansen , T. Hara , P. F. Harrison , B. Hartfiel , M. Hartz , T. Haruyama , T. Hasegawa , N. C. Hastings , A. Hatzikoutelis , K. Hayashi , Y. Hayato , C. Hearty , R. L. Helmer , R. Henderson , N. Higashi , J. Hignight , A. Hillairet , E. Hirose , J. Holeczek , S. Horikawa , A. Hyndman , A. K. Ichikawa , K. Ieki , M. Ieva , M. Iida , M. Ikeda , J. Ilic , J. Imber , T. Ishida , C. Ishihara , T. Ishii , S. J. Ives , M. Iwasaki , K. Iyogi , A. Izmaylov , B. Jamieson , R. A. Johnson , K. K. Joo , G. V. Jover-Manas , C. K. Jung , H. Kaji , T. Kajita , H. Kakuno , J. Kameda , K. Kaneyuki , D. Karlen , K. Kasami , I. Kato , H. Kawamuko , E. Kearns , M. Khabibullin , F. Khanam , A. Khotjantsev , D. Kielczewska , T. Kikawa , J. Kim , J. Y. Kim , S. B. Kim , N. Kimura , B. Kirby , J. Kisiel , P. Kitching , T. Kobayashi , G. Kogan , S. Koike , A. Konaka , L. L. Kormos , A. Korzenev , K. Koseki , Y. Koshio , Y. Kouzuma , K. Kowalik , V. Kravtsov , I. Kreslo , W. Kropp , H. Kubo , J. Kubota , Y. Kudenko , N. Kulkarni , Y. Kurimoto , R. Kurjata , T. Kutter , J. Lagoda , K. Laihem , M. Laveder , K. P. Lee , P. T. Le , J. M. Levy , C. Licciardi , I. T. Lim , T. Lindner , R. P. Litchfield , M. Litos , A. Longhin , G. D. Lopez , P. F. Loverre , L. Ludovici , T. Lux , M. Macaire , K. Mahn , Y. Makida , M. Malek , S. Manly , A. Marchionni , A. D. Marino , A. J. Marone , J. Marteau , J. F. Martin , T. Maruyama , T. Maryon , J. Marzec , P. Masliah , E. L. Mathie , C. Matsumura , K. Matsuoka , V. Matveev , K. Mavrokoridis , E. Mazzucato , N. McCauley , K. S. McFarland , C. McGrew , T. McLachlan , M. Messina , W. Metcalf , C. Metelko , M. Mezzetto , P. Mijakowski , C. A. Miller , A. Minamino , O. Mineev , S. Mine , A. D. Missert , G. Mituka , M. Miura , K. Mizouchi , L. Monfregola , F. Moreau , B. Morgan , S. Moriyama , A. Muir , A. Murakami , J. F. Muratore , M. Murdoch , S. Murphy , J. Myslik , N. Nagai , T. Nakadaira , M. Nakahata , T. Nakai , K. Nakajima , T. Nakamoto , K. Nakamura , S. Nakayama , T. Nakaya , D. Naples , M. L. Navin , B. Nelson , T. C. Nicholls , C. Nielsen , K. Nishikawa , H. Nishino , K. Nitta , T. Nobuhara , J. A. Nowak , Y. Obayashi , T. Ogitsu , H. Ohhata , T. Okamura , K. Okumura , T. Okusawa , S. M. Oser , M. Otani , R. A. Owen , Y. Oyama , T. Ozaki , M. Y. Pac , V. Palladino , V. Paolone , P. Paul , D. Payne , G. F. Pearce , J. D. Perkin , V. Pettinacci , F. Pierre , E. Poplawska , B. Popov , M. Posiadala , J. -M. Poutissou , R. Poutissou , P. Przewlocki , W. Qian , J. L. Raaf , E. Radicioni , P. N. Ratoff , T. M. Raufer , M. Ravonel , M. Raymond , F. Retiere , A. Robert , P. A. Rodrigues , E. Rondio , J. M. Roney , B. Rossi , S. Roth , A. Rubbia , D. Ruterbories , S. Sabouri , R. Sacco , K. Sakashita , F. Sánchez , A. Sarrat , K. Sasaki , K. Scholberg , J. Schwehr , M. Scott , D. I. Scully , Y. Seiya , T. Sekiguchi , H. Sekiya , M. Shibata , Y. Shimizu , M. Shiozawa , S. Short , M. Siyad , R. J. Smith , M. Smy , J. T. Sobczyk , H. Sobel , M. Sorel , A. Stahl , P. Stamoulis , J. Steinmann , B. Still , J. Stone , M. Stodulski , C. Strabel , R. Sulej , A. Suzuki , K. Suzuki , S. Suzuki , S. Y. Suzuki , Y. Suzuki , Y. Suzuki , J. Swierblewski , T. Szeglowski , M. Szeptycka , R. Tacik , M. Tada , M. Taguchi , S. Takahashi , A. Takeda , Y. Takenaga , Y. Takeuchi , K. Tanaka , H. A. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , M. M. Tanaka , N. Tanimoto , K. Tashiro , I. Taylor , A. Terashima , D. Terhorst , R. Terri , L. F. Thompson , A. Thorley , W. Toki , S. Tobayama , T. Tomaru , Y. Totsuka , C. Touramanis , T. Tsukamoto , M. Tzanov , Y. Uchida , K. Ueno , A. Vacheret , M. Vagins , G. Vasseur , T. Wachala , J. J. Walding , A. V. Waldron , C. W. Walter , P. J. Wanderer , J. Wang , M. A. Ward , G. P. Ward , D. Wark , M. O. Wascko , A. Weber , R. Wendell , N. West , L. H. Whitehead , G. Wikström , R. J. Wilkes , M. J. Wilking , Z. Williamson , J. R. Wilson , R. J. Wilson , T. Wongjirad , S. Yamada , Y. Yamada , A. Yamamoto , K. Yamamoto , Y. Yamanoi , H. Yamaoka , T. Yamauchi , C. Yanagisawa , T. Yano , S. Yen , N. Yershov , M. Yokoyama , T. Yuan , A. Zalewska , J. Zalipska , L. Zambelli , K. Zaremba , M. Ziembicki , E. D. Zimmerman , M. Zito , J. Zmuda

COSMOSOMAS: A Circular Scanning Instrument to Map the Sky at Centimetric Wavelengths

We describe the first instrument of a Cosmic Microwave Background experiment for mapping cosmological structures on medium angular scales (the COSMOSOMAS experiment) and diffuse Galactic emission. The instrument is located at Teide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Gallegos , J. F. Macias-Perez , C. M. Gutierrez , R. Rebolo , R. A. Watson , R. J. Hoyland , S. Fernandez-Cerezo

First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit

The Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector (LUCID) is a payload onboard the satellite TechDemoSat-1, used to study the radiation environment in Low Earth Orbit ($\sim$635km). LUCID operated from 2014 to 2017, collecting over 2.1…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Will Furnell , Abhishek Shenoy , Elliot Fox , Peter Hatfield

Searching for new physics with a levitated-sensor-based gravitational-wave detector

The Levitated Sensor Detector (LSD) is a compact resonant gravitational-wave (GW) detector based on optically trapped dielectric particles that is under construction. The LSD sensitivity has more favorable frequency scaling at high…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-27 Nancy Aggarwal , George P. Winstone , Mae Teo , Masha Baryakhtar , Shane L. Larson , Vicky Kalogera , Andrew A. Geraci

The Two-Colour EMCCD Instrument for the Danish 1.54m Telescope and SONG

We report on the implemented design of a two-colour instrument based on electron multiplying CCD (EMCCD) detectors. This instrument is currently installed at the Danish 1.54m telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, and will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-28 Jesper Skottfelt , D. M. Bramich , M. Hundertmark , U. G. Jørgensen , N. Michaelsen , P. Kjærgaard , J. Southworth , A. N. Sørensen , M. F. Andersen , M. I. Andersen , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard , S. Frandsen , F. Grundahl , K. B. W. Harpsøe , H. Kjeldsen , P. L. Pallé

Testing the near-infrared optical assembly of the space telescope Euclid

Euclid is a space telescope currently developed in the framework of the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Program. It addresses fundamental cosmological questions related to dark matter and dark energy. The lens system of one of the two…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 Christof Bodendorf , Norbert Geis , Frank Grupp , Jennifer Kaminski , Reinhard Katterloher , Ralf Bender

TelePix -- A fast region of interest trigger and timing layer for the EUDET Telescopes

Test beam facilities are essential to study the response of novel detectors to particles. At the DESY II Test Beam facility, users can test their detectors with an electron beam with a momentum from 1-6 GeV. To track the beam particles,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-25 Heiko Augustin , Sebastian Dittmeier , Jan Hammerich , Adrian Herkert , Lennart Huth , David Immig , Ivan Perić , André Schöning , Adriana Simancas , Marcel Stanitzki , Benjamin Weinläder

Development of Multi-Chroic MKIDs for Next-Generation CMB Polarization Studies

We report on the status of an ongoing effort to develop arrays of horn-coupled, polarization-sensitive microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) that are each sensitive to two spectral bands between 125 and 280 GHz. These multi-chroic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 B. R. Johnson , D. Flanigan , M. H. Abitbol , P. A. R. Ade , S. Bryan , H. -M. Cho , R. Datta , P. Day , S. Doyle , K. Irwin , G. Jones , D. Li , P. Mauskopf , H. McCarrick , J. McMahon , A. Miller , G. Pisano , Y. Song , H. Surdi , C. Tucker

Observations with KIDs Interferometer Spectrum Survey(KISS)

We describe the preliminary on-sky results of the KIDs Interferometer Spectrum Survey (KISS), a spectral imager with a 1 deg field of view (FoV). The instrument operates in the range 120-180 GHz from the 2.25 m Q-U-I JOint TEnerife…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 A. Fasano , A. Catalano , J. F. Macías-Pérez , M. Aguiar , A. Beelen , A. Benoit , A. Bideaud , J. Bounmy , O. Bourrion , G. Bres , M. Calvo , J. A. Castro-Almazán , P. de Bernardis , M. De Petris , A. P. de Taoro , M. Fernández-Torreiro , G. Garde , R. Génova-Santos , A. Gomez , M. F. Gómez-Renasco , J. Goupy , C. Hoarau , R. Hoyland , G. Lagache , J. Marpaud , M. Marton , A. Monfardini , M. W. Peel , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , R. Rebolo , S. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , D. Tourres , C. Tucker , C. Vescovi

Demonstration of Ultra-Sensitive KIDs for Future THz Space Borne Polarimeters

We present measurements and simulations of the polarization purity of leaky lens-antenna coupled microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) at 1.5 THz. We find the integrated cross-polarization level to be at -21.5 dB for 1 f\#$\lambda$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-12 Stephen J. C. Yates , Alejandro Pascual Laguna , Willem Jellema , Edgar Castillo-Dominguez , Lorenza Ferrari , Bram Lap , Vignesh Murugesan , Jose R. G. Silva , David Thoen , Ian Veenendaal , Jochem J. A. Baselmans

A high-speed, wavelength invariant, single-pixel wavefront sensor with a digital micromirror device

The wavefront measurement of a light beam is a complex task, which often requires a series of spatially resolved intensity measurements. For instance, a detector array may be used to measure the local phase gradient in the transverse plane…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-19 Mitchell A. Cox , Ermes Toninelli , Ling Cheng , Miles Padgett , Andrew Forbes

Target Prioritization and Observing Strategies for the NEID Earth Twin Survey

NEID is a high-resolution optical spectrograph on the WIYN 3.5-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory and will soon join the new generation of extreme precision radial velocity instruments in operation around the world. We plan to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 Arvind F. Gupta , Jason T. Wright , Paul Robertson , Samuel Halverson , Jacob Luhn , Arpita Roy , Suvrath Mahadevan , Eric B . Ford , Chad F. Bender , Cullen H. Blake , Fred Hearty , Shubham Kanodia , Sarah E. Logsdon , Michael W. McElwain , Andrew Monson , Joe P. Ninan , Christian Schwab , Gudmundur Stefansson , Ryan C. Terrien

Improvement of contact-less KID design using multilayered Al/Ti material for resonator

The necessity to increase exposure in rare event searches experiments by maintaining a low energy threshold and a good energy resolution leads to segmented detectors as in EDELWEISS (Dark Matter), CUORE (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) or RICOCHET…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-29 J. Colas , M. Calvo , J. Goupy , A. Monfardini , M. De Jesus , J. Billard , A. Juillard , L. Vagneron