An Open Source, FPGA-Based LeKID Readout for BLAST-TNG: Pre-Flight Results

Samuel Gordon; Brad Dober; Adrian Sinclair; Samuel Rowe; Sean Bryan; Philip Mauskopf; Jason Austermann; Mark Devlin; Simon Dicker; Jiansong Gao; Gene C. Hilton; Johannes Hubmayr; Glenn Jones; Jeffrey Klein; Nathan P. Lourie; Christopher McKenney; Federico Nati; Juan D. Soler; Matthew Strader; Michael Vissers

doi:10.1142/S2251171716410038

An Open Source, FPGA-Based LeKID Readout for BLAST-TNG: Pre-Flight Results

Samuel Gordon, Brad Dober, Adrian Sinclair, Samuel Rowe, Sean Bryan, Philip Mauskopf, Jason Austermann, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Jiansong Gao, Gene C. Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Glenn Jones, Jeffrey Klein, Nathan P. Lourie, Christopher McKenney, Federico Nati, Juan D. Soler, Matthew Strader, Michael Vissers

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We present a highly frequency multiplexed readout for large-format superconducting detector arrays intended for use in the next generation of balloon-borne and space-based sub-millimeter and far-infrared missions. We will demonstrate this technology on the upcoming NASA Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) to measure the polarized emission of Galactic dust at wavelengths of 250, 350 and 500 microns. The BLAST-TNG receiver incorporates the first arrays of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LeKID) along with the first microwave multiplexing readout electronics to fly in a space-like environment and will significantly advance the TRL for these technologies. After the flight of BLAST-TNG, we will continue to improve the performance of the detectors and readout electronics for the next generation of balloon-borne instruments and for use in a future FIR Surveyor.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1641003
Journal	Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171716410038
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

Keywords

CASPER
Detector readout
FPGA design
mm and sub-mm wave astronomy

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Instrumentation
Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Gordon, S., Dober, B., Sinclair, A., Rowe, S., Bryan, S., Mauskopf, P., Austermann, J., Devlin, M., Dicker, S., Gao, J., Hilton, G. C., Hubmayr, J., Jones, G., Klein, J., Lourie, N. P., McKenney, C., Nati, F., Soler, J. D., Strader, M., & Vissers, M. (2016). An Open Source, FPGA-Based LeKID Readout for BLAST-TNG: Pre-Flight Results. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 5(4), Article 1641003. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171716410038

Gordon, S, Dober, B, Sinclair, A, Rowe, S, Bryan, S, Mauskopf, P, Austermann, J, Devlin, M, Dicker, S, Gao, J, Hilton, GC, Hubmayr, J, Jones, G, Klein, J, Lourie, NP, McKenney, C, Nati, F, Soler, JD, Strader, M & Vissers, M 2016, 'An Open Source, FPGA-Based LeKID Readout for BLAST-TNG: Pre-Flight Results', Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, vol. 5, no. 4, 1641003. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171716410038

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