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physics.ins-det2026

A microwave SQUID multiplexing concept for macro-cryogenic calorimeter arrays

N. Ferreiro Iachellini, P. Szypryt, L. Canonica +10

Massive cryogenic calorimeters read out by transition-edge sensors (TES) can reach eV-scale baseline resolution, but the single-channel dc-SQUID readout conventionally used in rare…

hep-ex2026

Operation of Unshielded Kinetic-Inductance Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifiers in Multi-Tesla Fields

Christian Boutan, Erik Lentz, Corwin Shiu +12

Cryogenic parametric amplifiers are used to amplify radio-frequency signals for a range of applications in basic and applied science. Both Josephson Parametric Amplifiers and Josep…

astro-ph.IM2026

The SPT-3G+ receiver design

H. Athreya, Z. Ahmed, J. E. Austermann +71

We present the thermo-mechanical design of the cryostat and camera optics for SPT-3G+, a new receiver being developed for the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The receiver consists of 1…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Design and Characterization of the 350 GHz Instrument Module

Ben Keller, Jordan Wheeler, Cody J. Duell +24

The CCAT Collaboration's Prime-Cam instrument will soon be deployed to the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Chile's Atacama Desert. Featuring prominently in Prime-Cam's…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Characterization of the first science-grade MKID array for the Prime-Cam 850 GHz module

Anthony I. Huber, Jordan Wheeler, James Burgoyne +16

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is a 6-meter crossed-Dragone telescope developed by the CCAT collaboration. Sited at 5600 m on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Plateau…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: The 410 GHz camera module for FYST - design and testing of the MKID focal plane

Scott C. Chapman, Jordan Wheeler, Anthony Huber +17

Prime-Cam, the primary first-light instrument for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) developed by the Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope (CCAT) Collaboration, will accom…

astro-ph.IM2026

picoMUX: microcontroller based time-domain multiplexing readout for kilopixel TES arrays

Simon Tartakovsky, Alexandre E. Adler, Jason E. Austermann +23

Advances in cryogenic SQUID-based time-domain multiplexing (TDM) have outpaced their warm readout electronics. Next generation CMB telescopes are baselining kilopixel TES arrays wi…

quant-ph2026

Multi-stage Quantum Amplifier Readout Chain

Logan Howe, Andrea Giachero, Michael Vissers +5

Multi-stage cryogenic readout chains with a wide bandwidth and added noise within a few quanta of the quantum limit are frequently constructed using traveling-wave parametric ampli…

astro-ph.IM2026

Sub-Kelvin Cryogenics for a Super-Pressure Balloon-Borne CMB Polarimeter: Taurus

Jared L. May, Alexandre E. Adler, Jason E. Austermann +23

Taurus is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment designed to operate more than 10,000 transition-edge sensor bolometers at a base temperature near 100 mK duri…

astro-ph.IM2026

CCAT: Silicon-Platelet Feedhorns for Submillimeter Wavelengths

Jason Austermann, James Beall, James R. Burgoyne +12

Silicon-platelet feedhorn arrays are an established technology at millimeter wavelengths that, for some applications, can provide significant advantages over traditional direct-mac…

astro-ph.IM2025

Development of Silicon Micromachined Waveguide Filter-Banks for On-Chip Spectrometers

Matthew A. Koc, Jason Austermann, James Beall +4

Development of high-speed, spatial-mapping spectrometers in the millimeter and far-infrared frequencies would enable entirely new research avenues in astronomy and cosmology. An "o…

astro-ph.IM2025

Thermal and Electrical Properties of Prototype Readout Components for CMB-S4

Wilber Dominguez, Darcy R. Barron, Zeeshan Ahmed +11

CMB-S4 is the fourth-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background project, designed to probe the early universe and cosmic inflation. CMB-S4 would achieve its science goals…

astro-ph.IM2025

CCAT: Design, Implementation, and Testing of a System to Read Out over 10,000 280 GHz KIDs using RFSoC Electronics

Darshan A. Patel, Yuhan Wang, Cody J. Duell +27

Over the past decade, kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) have emerged as a viable superconducting technology for astrophysics at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. KIDs spa…

astro-ph.IM2025

CCAT: Magnetic Sensitivity Measurements of Kinetic Inductance Detectors

Benjamin J. Vaughan, Yuhan Wang, Cody J. Duell +16

The CCAT Observatory is a ground-based submillimeter to millimeter experiment located on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 5,600 meters. CCAT features the 6…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Can slow recombination in ordered superconductors explain the excess quasiparticle population?

Eva Gurra, Douglas A. Bennett, Shannon M. Duff +2

An excess density of quasiparticles is widely observed in superconducting films. This excess causes performance degradation in a variety of superconducting devices, including decoh…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

Simons Observatory: Characterization of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver

Tanay Bhandarkar, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Jeff Iuliano +41

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment that currently consists of three 0.42m small-aperture telescopes (SATs) and one 6m…

astro-ph.IM2024

CCAT: LED Mapping and Characterization of the 280 GHz TiN KID Array

Alicia Middleton, Steve K. Choi, Samantha Walker +21

Prime-Cam, one of the primary instruments for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) developed by the CCAT Collaboration, will house up to seven instrument modules, with the…

physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

Thermal architecture for a cryogenic super-pressure balloon payload: design and development of the Taurus flight cryostat

Simon Tartakovsky, Alexandre E. Adler, Jason E. Austermann +20

We describe the cryogenic system being developed for Taurus: a super-pressure balloon-borne microwave polarimeter scheduled to fly in 2027. The Taurus cryogenic system consists of…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

CCAT: Nonlinear effects in 280 GHz aluminum kinetic inductance detectors

Cody J. Duell, Jason Austermann, James R. Burgoyne +22

Prime-Cam, a first-generation science instrument for the Atacama-based Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope, is being built by the CCAT Collaboration to observe at millimeter and sub…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers

Elle C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers +84

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. SPIDER has mapped a large sky…

astro-ph.IM2024

Instrument Overview of Taurus: A Balloon-borne CMB and Dust Polarization Experiment

Jared L. May, Alexandre E. Adler, Jason E. Austermann +20

Taurus is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment optimized to map the E-mode polarization and Galactic foregrounds at the largest angular scales ( …

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

CCAT: Comparisons of 280 GHz TiN and Al Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays

Cody J. Duell, Jason Austermann, James Beall +27

The CCAT Collaboration's six-meter Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is scheduled to begin observing in the Chilean Atacama in 2025, targeting a variety of science goals throughou…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

Modeling optical systematics for the Taurus CMB experiment

Alexandre E. Adler, Jason E. Austermann, Steven J. Benton +16

We simulate a variety of optical systematics for Taurus, a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation experiment, to assess their impact on large-scale E-mode pol…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Simons Observatory: Pre-deployment Performance of a Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tube in the 90 and 150 GHz Spectral Bands

Carlos E. Sierra, Kathleen Harrington, Shreya Sutariya +42

The Simons Observatory will map the temperature and polarization over half of the sky, at millimeter wavelengths in six spectral bands from the Atacama Desert in Chile. These data…