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The realization of large-scale photonic circuit for quantum optics experiments at telecom wavelengths requires an increasing number of integrated detectors. Superconductive nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) can be easily integrated…

A novel readout architecture that uses multiple non-destructive floating-gate amplifiers to achieve sub-electron readout noise in a thick, fully-depleted silicon detector is presented. This Multi-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Device…

We present the design and measured performance of a light emitting diode (LED) module for spatially mapping kinetic inductance detector (KID) arrays in the laboratory. Our novel approach uses a multiplexing scheme that only requires seven…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-13 Jordan E. Shroyer , Matt Nelson , Liam Walters , Bradley R. Johnson

Muon tomography based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons is a promising technique for detecting and imaging heavily shielded high-Z nuclear materials such as enriched uranium. This technique could…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 K. Gnanvo , B. Benson , W. Bittner , F. Costa , L. Grasso , M. Hohlmann , J. B. Locke , S. Martoiu , H. Muller , M. Staib , A. Tarazona , J. Toledo

We demonstrate the code-division multiplexed (CDM) readout of eight transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters. The energy resolution is 3.0 eV (full width at half-maximum) or better at 5.9 keV, with a best resolution of 2.3 eV and a mean of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-02-15 G. M. Stiehl , W. B. Doriese , J. W. Fowler , G. C. Hilton , K. D. Irwin , C. D. Reintsema , D. R. Schmidt , D. S. Swetz , J. N. Ullom , L. R. Vale.

We present the design and initial testing of a low-frequency radio telescope prototype developed for the CANTAR (Colombian Antarctic Telescope for 21-cm Absorption during Reionization) experiment. Operating from 100 to 200 MHz, the system…

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This work builds on the previous introduction [1] of a coupled experimental-computational system devised to fully characterize the thermal behavior of complex 3D submicron electronic devices. The new system replaces the laser-based surface…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-09-13 Peter E. Raad , Pavel L. Komarov , M. Burzo

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that consists of three 0.5 m small-aperture telescopes and one 6 m large-aperture telescope, sited at an elevation of 5200 m in the Atacama…

EChO is a three-modules (VNIR, SWIR, MWIR), highly integrated spectrometer, covering the wavelength range from 0.55 $\mu$m, to 11.0 $\mu$m. The baseline design includes the goal wavelength extension to 0.4 $\mu$m while an optional LWIR…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 M. Focardi , A. M. Di Giorgio , M. Farina , M. Pancrazzi , R. Ottensamer , T. L. Lim , S. Pezzuto , G. Micela , E. Pace

After the construction and successful operation of the first technological prototype of the Semi-Digital Hadronic CALorimeter (SDHCAL), developed within the CALICE collaboration, new R{\&}D efforts have been initiated to fully validate the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-22 Gérald Grenier

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a suite of instruments sensitive to temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to be located at Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Five telescopes, one large aperture…

With the increasing physical event rate and number of electronic channels, traditional readout scheme meets the challenge of improving readout speed caused by the limited bandwidth of crate backplane. In this paper, a high-speed data…

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A muon tracking system consisting of four 9cm x 10cm sized bulk Micromegas detectors with 128um amplification-gap and two 10cm x 10cm triple GEM detectors is foreseen for high-precision tracking of 140GeV muons at the H8 beamline at CERN…

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This work presents a comprehensive characterization of the FERS 5202 front-end readout unit when processing signals from Silicon Photo-multipliers (SiPMs). The readout system's performance is characterized in terms of its charge resolution,…

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In preparation of the operation of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) barrel at the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) the entire on-detector electronics will be replaced. The new readout electronics comprises 12240 very…

GRANDProto300 is the planned 300-antenna pathfinder array of the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND), of which the first 100 detection units have been already produced. Its main goal is to demonstrate the viability of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Xing Xu , Jianhua Guo , Shen Wang

The fast-rising demand for wireless bandwidth requires rapid evolution of high-performance baseband processing infrastructure. Programmable many-core processors for software-defined radio (SDR) have emerged as high-performance baseband…

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The Prime-Cam instrument on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is expected to be the largest deployment of millimeter and submillimeter sensitive kinetic inductance detectors to date. To read out these arrays efficiently, a…

We present a control and measurement setup for superconducting qubits based on Xilinx 16-channel radio-frequency system-on-chip (RFSoC) device. The proposed setup consists of four parts: multiple RFSoC boards, a setup to synchronise every…