Design of dual-polarization horn-coupled kinetic inductance detectors for cosmic microwave background polarimetry

Sean Bryan, Kristi Bradford, George Che, Peter Day, Daniel Flanigan, Bradley R. Johnson, Glenn Jones, Bjorn Kjellstrand, Michele Limon, Philip Mauskopf, Heather McCarrick, Amber Miller, Brian Smiley

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Abstract

Mapping the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background is yielding exciting data on the origin of the universe, the reionization of the universe, and the growth of cosmic structure. Kilopixel arrays represent the current state of the art, but advances in detector technology are needed to enable the larger detector arrays needed for future measurements. Here we present a design for single-band dual-polarization Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) at 20% bandwidths centered at 145, 220, and 280 GHz. The detection and readout system is nearly identical to the successful photon-noise-limited aluminum Lumped-Element KIDs that have been recently built and tested by some of the authors. Fabricating large focal plane arrays of the feed horns and quarter-wave backshorts requires only conventional precision machining. Since the detectors and readout lines consist only of a single patterned aluminum layer on a SOI wafer, arrays of the detectors can be built commercially or at a standard university cleanroom.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication26th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2015
PublisherInternational Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology
StatePublished - 2015
Event26th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2015 - Cambridge, United States
Duration: Mar 16 2015Mar 18 2015

Other

Other26th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period3/16/153/18/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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