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most citedThe Quantum Capacitance Detector: A concept for a pair-breaking radiation detector based on the single Cooper-pair box

32 citations · 36 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Spatial Mapping and Capacitor Trimming Developments to Improve Usable Pixel Yield in PRIMA FIRESS Kilo-Pixel Arrays

Chris Albert, Jonathon Hunacek, Hien Nguyen +14

The Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) will use 8 kilo-pixel kinetic inductance detector (KID) arrays in its spectrometer module. We present an improved resonant f…

astro-ph.IM2025

Lens based Kinetic Inductance Detectors with Distributed Dual Polarised Absorbers for Far Infra-red Space-based Astronomy

Shahab O. Dabironezare, Giulia Conenna, Daan Roos +16

Future space-based far infra-red astronomical observations require background limited detector sensitivities and scalable focal plane array solutions to realise their vast potentia…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Cosmic ray susceptibility of the Terahertz Intensity Mapper detector arrays

Lun-Jun Liu, Reinier M. J. Janssen, Bruce Bumble +26

We report on the effects of cosmic ray interactions with the Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID) based focal plane array for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). TIM is a NASA-funde…

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

Modeling of cosmic rays and near-IR photons in aluminum KIDs

Elijah Kane, Chris Albert, Ritoban Basu Thakur +13

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is working to develop kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) that can meet the sensitivity targets of a far-infrared spectromet…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Characterization of a Far-Infrared Kinetic Inductance Detector Prototype for PRIMA

Steven Hailey-Dunsheath, Sven van Berkel, Andrew E. Beyer +10

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is under study as a potential far-IR space mission, featuring actively cooled optics, and both imaging and spectroscopic ins…

astro-ph.IM2023

High-sensitivity Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays for the Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

Logan Foote, Chris Albert, Jochem Baselmans +15

Far-infrared (far-IR) astrophysics missions featuring actively cooled telescopes will offer orders of magnitude observing speed improvement at wavelengths where galaxies and formin…

astro-ph.IM2023

Lens Absorber Coupled MKIDs for Far Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy

Shahab O. Dabironezare, Sven van Berkel, Pierre M. Echternach +3

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2009★ 32 cited

The Quantum Capacitance Detector: A concept for a pair-breaking radiation detector based on the single Cooper-pair box

M. D. Shaw, J. Bueno, P. Day +2

We present a proposed design for a pair-breaking photodetector for far-infrared and sub-millimeter radiation. Antenna-coupled radiation generates quasiparticles in a superconductin…