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A millimetre-wave superconducting hyper-spectral device
Usasi Chowdhury, Florence Levy-Bertrand, Martino Calvo +2
Millimetre-wave observations represent an important tool for Cosmology studies. The Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) technique has been proposed to map in three dimensions the specific…
A horn-coupled millimeter-wave on-chip spectrometer based on Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors
Usasi Chowdhury, Florence Levy-Bertrand, Martino Calvo +2
Context. Millimetre-wave astronomy is an important tool for both general astrophysics studies and cosmology. A large number of unidentified sources are being detected by the large…
CONCERTO: a breakthrough in wide field-of-view spectroscopy at millimeter wavelengths
Alessandro Fasano, Alexandre Beelen, Alain Benoit +37
CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn (CONCERTO) is a low-resolution spectrometer with an instantaneous field-of-view of 18.6 arcmin, operating in the 130-310 GHz t…
CONCERTO : Digital processing for finding and tuning LEKIDs
Julien Bounmy, Christophe Hoarau, Juan-Francisco Macías-Pérez +10
We describe the on-line algorithms developed to probe Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID) in this paper. LEKIDs are millimeter wavelength detectors for astronomy. L…
Understanding and minimizing resonance frequency deviations on a 4-inch kilo-pixel kinetic inductance detector array
S. Shu, M. Calvo, J. Goupy +5
One of the advantages of kinetic inductance detectors is their intrinsic frequency domain multiplexing capability. However, fabrication imperfections usually give rise to resonance…
QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology
E. S. Battistelli, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro +136
The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the…
Optical Response of Lumped-Element Kinetic-Inductance Detector Arrays
Shibo Shu, Martino Calvo, Johannes Goupy +5
We present an analysis of the optical response of lumped-element kinetic-inductance detector arrays, based on the NIKA2 1mm array. This array has a dual-polarization sensitive Hilb…
The NIKA2 large field-of-view millimeter continuum camera for the 30-m IRAM telescope
Remi Adam, Amar Adane, P. A. R. Ade +45
Millimeter-wave continuum astronomy is today an indispensable tool for both general Astrophysics studies and Cosmology. General purpose, large field-of-view instruments are needed…
Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design
J. Delabrouille, P. de Bernardis, F. R. Bouchet +200
Future observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation have the potential to answer some of the most fundamental questions of modern physics and cosmology. In this p…
Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for space applications
Alessandro Monfardini, Jochem Baselmans, Alain Benoit +12
Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID) are now routinely used in ground-based telescopes. Large arrays, deployed in formats up to kilopixels, exhibit state-of-the-art performance at mi…
NIKA 2: next-generation continuum/polarized camera at the IRAM 30 m telescope and its prototype
A. Ritacco, R. Adam, A. Adane +36
NIKA 2 (New Instrument of Kids Array) is a next generation continuum and polarized instrument successfully installed in October 2015 at the IRAM 30 m telescope on Pico-Veleta (Gran…
Microfabrication technology for large LEKID arrays : from NIKA2 to future applications
J. Goupy, A. Adane, A. Benoit +11
The Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID)demonstrated full maturity in the NIKA (New IRAM KID Arrays)instrument. These results allow directly comparing LEKID performa…
Lumped element kinetic inductance detectors maturity for space-borne instruments in the range between 80 and 180 GHz
A. Catalano, A. Benoit, O. Bourrion +7
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 u…
Bi-layer Kinetic Inductance Detectors for space observations between 80-120 GHz
A. Catalano, J. Goupy, H. le Sueur +9
We have developed Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID) sensitive in the frequency band from 80 to 120~GHz. In this work, we take advantage of the so-called proximity…
Performance and calibration of the NIKA camera at the IRAM 30 m telescope
A. Catalano, M. Calvo, N. Ponthieu +34
The New IRAM KID Array (NIKA) instrument is a dual-band imaging camera operating with Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID) cooled at 100 mK. NIKA is designed to observe the sky at wa…
Niobium Silicon alloys for Kinetic Inductance Detectors
M. Calvo, A. D'Addabbo, A. Monfardini +8
We are studying the properties of Niobium Silicon amorphous alloys as a candidate material for the fabrication of highly sensitive Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID), optimized for…
Development of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for NIKA
M. Roesch, A. Benoit, A. Bideaud +10
Lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors(LEKIDs) have recently shown considerable promise as direct absorption mm-wavelength detectors for astronomical applications. One major r…
Kinetic inductance detectors for millimeter and submillimeter astronomy / Détecteurs à inductance cinétique pour l'astronomie millimétrique et sub-millimétrique
Nicolas Boudou, Alain Benoit, Olivier Bourrion +5
We present recent developments in Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID) for large arrays of detectors. The main application is ground-based millimeter wave astronomy. We focus in part…
A dual-band millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera for the IRAM 30-meter telescope
A. Monfardini, A. Benoit, A. Bideaud +22
Context. The Neel IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a fully-integrated measurement system based on kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) currently being developed for millimeter wave astrono…
NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera
A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Bideaud +18
Current generation millimeter wavelength detectors suffer from scaling limits imposed by complex cryogenic readout electronics. To circumvent this it is imperative to investigate t…