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Millimeter wave (mmWave) band, or high frequencies such as THz, has large undeveloped band of spectrum. However, wireless channels over the mmWave band usually have one or two paths only due to the severe attenuation. The channel property…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Xi Yang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

We are developing a Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detector (LEKID) array able to operate in the W-band (75-110 GHz) in order to perform ground-based Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and mm-wave astronomical observations. The W-band is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-08 A. Paiella , A. Coppolecchia , M. G. Castellano , I. Colantoni , A. Cruciani , A. D'Addabbo , P. de Bernardis , S. Masi , G. Presta

We present measurements of an amplifier operating at 3.8 GHz with 150 MHz of bandwidth based on the microstrip input-coil resonance of a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with submicron Josephson junctions. The noise…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-05 M. P. DeFeo , B. L. T. Plourde

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is expected to observe up to ${\sim}100$ million quasars in the next decade. In this work, we show that it is possible to use such data to measure the characteristic frequency evolution of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-13 Chengcheng Xin , Maximiliano Isi , Will M. Farr , Zoltán Haiman

The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station (TIGERISS) is under construction and is planned for launch in 2027 and will be attached at the SOX location on the Columbus module on the ISS. TIGERISS will make…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-02 John F. Krizmanic , Scott Nutter

The readout of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers with a large multiplexing factor is key for the next generation Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment, Polarbear-2, having 7,588 TES bolometers. To enable the large arrays, we…

To cope with the enhanced luminosity at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2021, the ATLAS collaboration is planning a major detector upgrade. As a part of this, the Level 1 trigger based on calorimeter data will be upgraded to exploit the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-26 B. Bauss , A. Brogna , V. Bücher , J. Damp , R. Degele , H. Herr , C. Kahra , S. Rave , E. Rocco , U. Schäfer , J. Souza , D. B. Ta , S. Tapprogge , M. Weirich

We present an advanced model for describing the readout power dependence of the resonance characteristics of a microwave SQUID multiplexer. Our model proves valid for SQUID screening parameters up to $\beta_\mathrm{L}<1$, hence covering the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-09 Martin Neidig , Mathias Wegner , Sebastian Kempf

We discuss the design, fabrication, and testing of prototype horn-coupled, lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) designed for cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies. The LEKIDs are made from a thin aluminum film deposited…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-27 H. McCarrick , D. Flanigan , G. Jones , B. R. Johnson , P. Ade , D. Araujo , K. Bradford , R. Cantor , G. Che , P. Day , S. Doyle , H. Leduc , M. Limon , V. Luu , P. Mauskopf , A. Miller , T. Mroczkowski , C. Tucker , J. Zmuidzinas

We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a…

Upcoming cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments aim to detect primordial gravitational waves with unprecedented sensitivity. Effective foreground removal is essential to avoid biases in the measurement of the tensor-to-scalar ratio…

This work intends to give the state-of-the-art of our knowledge of the performance of LEKIDs at millimetre wavelengths (from 80 to 180~GHz). We evaluate their optical sensitivity under typical background conditions and their interaction…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-13 A. Catalano , A. Benoit , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , G. Coiffard , A. D'Addabbo , J. Goupy , H. Le Sueur , J. Macìas-Pérez , A. Monfardini

Future generation of astronomical imaging spectrometers are targeting the far infrared wavelengths to close the THz astronomy gap. Similar to lens antenna coupled Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs), lens absorber coupled MKIDs…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-30 Shahab O. Dabironezare , Sven van Berkel , Pierre M. Echternach , Peter K. Day , Charles M. Bradford , Jochem J. A. Baselmans

We use two independent methods to forecast the dark energy measurements achievable by combining future galaxy redshift surveys based on the radio HI emission line with Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data from the {\sl Planck} satellite.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Filipe B. Abdalla , Chris Blake , Steve Rawlings

Lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors(LEKIDs) have recently shown considerable promise as direct absorption mm-wavelength detectors for astronomical applications. One major research thrust within the N\'eel Iram Kids Array (NIKA)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Roesch , A. Benoit , A. Bideaud , N. Boudou , M. Calvo , A. Cruciani , S. Doyle , H. G. Leduc , A. Monfardini , L. Swenson , S. Leclercq , P. Mauskopf , K. F. Schuster

The Simons Observatory is a new ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment, which is currently being commissioned in Chile's Atacama Desert. During its survey, the observatory's small aperture telescopes will map 10% of the sky in…

We introduce and experimentally characterize a superconducting single-sideband modulator compatible with cryogenic microwave circuits, and propose its use for frequency domain multiplexing of superconducting qubit readout. The monolithic…

We report on the implementation and detailed modelling of a Josephson Parametric Amplifier (JPA) made from an array of eighty Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs), forming a non-linear quarter-wave resonator. This device…