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astro-ph.IM2026

Radiation Total Dose for PRIMA: Cold Exposure with Alpha Particles

Elijah Kane, Chris Albert, Andrew Beyer +11

The Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a far-infrared (24-261 micron wavelengths) probe-class space observatory currently under Phase A study, which promises or…

astro-ph.IM2026

In Situ Interferometric Spatial Mapping Of A Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector Array

Chris Albert, Ritoban Basu Thakur, Farzad Faramarzi +7

We present a method of spatially mapping microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) arrays, in a dark setup. MKIDs are superconducting natively multiplexed resonators which enabl…

astro-ph.IM2025

Optimization of lenslet arrays for PRIMA Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Sumit Dahal, Thomas R. Stevenson, Nicholas P. Costen +10

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a cryogenically cooled 1.8-m space telescope designed to address fundamental questions about the evolution of galactic ec…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Superfluid-tight cryogenic receiver with continuous sub-Kelvin cooling for EXCLAIM

Sumit Dahal, Peter A. R. Ade, Christopher J. Anderson +67

The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to survey star formation over cosmological time scales using intensity…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

A 25-micron single photon sensitive kinetic inductance detector

Peter K. Day, Nicholas F. Cothard, Christopher Albert +15

We report measurements characterizing the performance of a kinetic inductance detector array designed for a wavelength of 25 microns and very low optical background level suitable…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 15 cited

Monolithic Kilopixel Silicon Microlens Arrays for Future Far-Infrared Observatories

Nicholas F. Cothard, Thomas Stevenson, Jennette Mateo +6

Future far-infrared astrophysics observatories will require focal plane arrays containing thousands of ultra-sensitive, superconducting detectors, each of which needs to be optical…