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20242026
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5 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Significant noise improvement in a Kinetic Inductance Phonon-Mediated detector by use of a wideband parametric amplifier

Karthik Ramanathan, Osmond Wen, Taylor Aralis +9

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) have been demonstrated as capable phonon sensors when coupled to crystalline substrates, and have been proposed as detectors for next…

physics.ins-det2026

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…

physics.ins-det2026

Development Status of the KIPM Detector Consortium

Dylan J Temples, Zoë J. Smith, Selby Q Dang +21

A Kinetic Inductance Phonon-Mediated Detector is a calorimeter that uses kinetic inductance detectors to read out phonon signals from the device substrate. We have established a co…

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…

physics.ins-det2024

Performance of a Kinetic Inductance Phonon-Mediated Detector at the NEXUS Cryogenic Facility

Dylan J Temples, Osmond Wen, Karthik Ramanathan +18

Microcalorimeters that leverage microwave kinetic inductance detectors to read out phonon signals in the particle-absorbing target, referred to as kinetic inductance phonon-mediate…