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Title: Development of Aluminum LEKIDs for Balloon-Borne Far-IR Spectroscopy

Abstract

We are developing lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) designed to achieve background-limited sensitivity for far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy on a stratospheric balloon. The spectroscopic terahertz airborne receiver for farinfrared exploration will study the evolution of dusty galaxies with observations of the [CII] 158µm and other atomic fine-structure transitions at z = 0.5–1.5, both through direct observations of individual luminous infrared galaxies, and in blind surveys using the technique of line intensity mapping. The spectrometer will require large format (~1800 detectors) arrays of dual-polarization sensitive detectors with NEPs of 1 × 10–17 W Hz–1/2. The low-volume LEKIDs are fabricated with a single layer of aluminum (20-nm-thick) deposited on a crystalline silicon wafer, with resonance frequencies of 100–250MHz. The inductor is a single meander with a linewidth of 0.4µm, patterned in a grid to absorb optical power in both polarizations. As a result, the meander is coupled to a circular waveguide, fed by a conical feedhorn. Initial testing of a small array prototype has demonstrated good yield and a median NEP of 4 × 10–18 W Hz–1/2.

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
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  1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  3. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), La Canada Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab.
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
  5. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1496026
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-18-740-PPD; arXiv:1803.02470
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2291; 1712639
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 193; Journal Issue: 5-6; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2291
Publisher:
Plenum Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Kinetic inductance detector; Aluminum; Far-infrared spectroscopy; Balloon

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Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Barlis, A. C. M., Aguirre, J. E., Bradford, C. M., Redford, J. G., Billings, T. S., LeDuc, H. G., McKenney, C. M., and Hollister, M. I. Development of Aluminum LEKIDs for Balloon-Borne Far-IR Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1007/s10909-018-1927-y.
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Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Barlis, A. C. M., Aguirre, J. E., Bradford, C. M., Redford, J. G., Billings, T. S., LeDuc, H. G., McKenney, C. M., & Hollister, M. I. Development of Aluminum LEKIDs for Balloon-Borne Far-IR Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1927-y
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Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Barlis, A. C. M., Aguirre, J. E., Bradford, C. M., Redford, J. G., Billings, T. S., LeDuc, H. G., McKenney, C. M., and Hollister, M. I. Wed . "Development of Aluminum LEKIDs for Balloon-Borne Far-IR Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1927-y. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1496026.
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@article{osti_1496026,
title = {Development of Aluminum LEKIDs for Balloon-Borne Far-IR Spectroscopy},
author = {Hailey-Dunsheath, S. and Barlis, A. C. M. and Aguirre, J. E. and Bradford, C. M. and Redford, J. G. and Billings, T. S. and LeDuc, H. G. and McKenney, C. M. and Hollister, M. I.},
abstractNote = {We are developing lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) designed to achieve background-limited sensitivity for far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy on a stratospheric balloon. The spectroscopic terahertz airborne receiver for farinfrared exploration will study the evolution of dusty galaxies with observations of the [CII] 158µm and other atomic fine-structure transitions at z = 0.5–1.5, both through direct observations of individual luminous infrared galaxies, and in blind surveys using the technique of line intensity mapping. The spectrometer will require large format (~1800 detectors) arrays of dual-polarization sensitive detectors with NEPs of 1 × 10–17 W Hz–1/2. The low-volume LEKIDs are fabricated with a single layer of aluminum (20-nm-thick) deposited on a crystalline silicon wafer, with resonance frequencies of 100–250MHz. The inductor is a single meander with a linewidth of 0.4µm, patterned in a grid to absorb optical power in both polarizations. As a result, the meander is coupled to a circular waveguide, fed by a conical feedhorn. Initial testing of a small array prototype has demonstrated good yield and a median NEP of 4 × 10–18 W Hz–1/2.},
doi = {10.1007/s10909-018-1927-y},
journal = {Journal of Low Temperature Physics},
number = 5-6,
volume = 193,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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