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most citedCharacterization of a Far-Infrared Kinetic Inductance Detector Prototype for PRIMA

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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.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…

physics.ins-det2025

Assessing the operating characteristics of an ion-milled phonon-mediated quantum parity detector

Brandon J. Sandoval, Andrew D. Beyer, Pierre M. Echternach +4

Phonon sensitive superconducting qubits promise to provide sub-eV energy deposit thresholds, useful for future rare-event experiments looking for interactions from dark matter and…

astro-ph.IM2024

Development of an ultra-sensitive 210-micron array of KIDs for far-IR astronomy

Elijah Kane, Chris Albert, Nicholas Cothard +13

The Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a proposed space observatory which will use arrays of thousands of kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) to perform low- an…

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…

physics.ins-det2024

Quantum Parity Detectors: a qubit based particle detection scheme with meV thresholds for rare-event searches

Karthik Ramanathan, Brandon J. Sandoval, John E. Parker +5

The next generation of rare-event searches, such as those aimed at determining the nature of particle dark matter or in measuring fundamental neutrino properties, will benefit from…

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★ 2 cited

Parallel Plate Capacitor Aluminum KIDs for Future Far-Infrared Space-Based Observatories

Nicholas F. Cothard, Christopher Albert, Andrew D. Beyer +12

Future space-based far-infrared astrophysical observatories will require exquis-itely sensitive detectors consistent with the low optical backgrounds. The PRobe far-Infrared Missio…

physics.app-ph2023★ 1 cited

High-sensitivity transition-edge-sensed bolometers: improved speed and characterization with AC and DC bias

Logan Foote, Michael D. Audley, Charles +12

We report on efforts to improve the speed of low-G far-infrared transition-edged-sensed bolometers. We use a fabrication process that does not require any dry etch steps to reduce…