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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

CONCERTO: instrument and status

Alessandro Fasano, Peter Ade, Manuel Aravena +36

CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn) is a low-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer dedicated to the study of star-forming galaxies and clusters of…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Results and Limits of Time Division Multiplexing for the BICEP Array High Frequency Receivers

S. Fatigoni, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

Time-Division Multiplexing is the readout architecture of choice for many ground and space experiments, as it is a very mature technology with proven outstanding low-frequency nois…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

RF-ICE: large-scale gigahertz readout of frequency-multiplexed microwave kinetic inductance detectors

M. Rouble, G. Smecher, A. Anderson +5

We present RF-ICE, a novel readout platform for microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs), optimized for use on millimeter-wavelength telescopes. The RF-ICE system extends ICE…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Applying Energy Absorption Interferometry to THz direct detectors using photomixers

Ian Veenendaal, Edgar Castillo-Dominguez, Stephen J. C. Yates +2

Detector requirements for far infrared astronomy generally result in devices which exhibit a few-moded response to incident radiation. The sensitivity and spatial form of the indiv…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Low-loss Si-based Dielectrics for High Frequency Components of Superconducting Detectors

M. Lisovenko, Z. Pan, P. S. Barry +7

Silicon-based dielectric is crucial for many superconducting devices, including high-frequency transmission lines, filters, and resonators. Defects and contaminants in the amorphou…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

Characterization of MKIDs for CMB observation at 220 GHz with the South Pole Telescope

Karia R. Dibert, Peter S. Barry, Adam J. Anderson +11

We present an updated design of the 220 GHz microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) pixel for SPT-3G+, the next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope. We show results…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Noise Optimization for MKIDs with Different Design Geometries and Material Selections

Z. Pan, K. R. Dibert, J. Zhang +13

The separation and optimization of noise components is critical to microwave-kinetic inductance detector (MKID) development. We analyze the effect of several changes to the lumped-…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

Measurement of Dielectric Loss in Silicon Nitride at Centimeter and Millimeter Wavelengths

Z. Pan, P. S. Barry, T. Cecil +11

This work presents a suite of measurement techniques for characterizing the dielectric loss tangent across a wide frequency range from 1 GHz to 150 GHz using the same test ch…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Fabrication Development for SPT-SLIM, a Superconducting Spectrometer for Line Intensity Mapping

T. Cecil, C. Albert, A. J. Anderson +18

Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) is a new observational technique that uses low-resolution observations of line emission to efficiently trace the large-scale structure of the Universe…

astro-ph.IM2023

Electromagnetic Properties of Aluminum-based Bilayers for Kinetic Inductance Detectors

G. Wang, P. S. Barry, T. Cecil +7

The complex conductivity of a superconducting thin film is related to the quasiparticle density, which depends on the physical temperature and can also be modified by external pair…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

The Simons Observatory: Beam characterization for the Small Aperture Telescopes

Nadia Dachlythra, Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden, Jon E. Gudmundsson +27

We use time-domain simulations of Jupiter observations to test and develop a beam reconstruction pipeline for the Simons Observatory Small Aperture Telescopes. The method relies on…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 6 cited

Thin flexible multi-octave metamaterial absorber for millimetre wavelengths

Giampaolo Pisano, Christopher Dunscombe, Peter Hargrave +2

Development of novel radiation-absorbent materials and devices for millimetre and submillimetre astronomy instruments is a research area of high interest, and with substantial engi…