Development of lumped element kinetic inductance detectors for mm-wave astronomy at the IRAM 30 m telescope

This thesis studies the development of LEKID arrays for the use in a mm-wave camera for the IRAM 30m telescope. This includes the design and fabrication of the superconducting microresonators, the modeling and optimization of the mm-wave coupling to the detector and the characterization of the array...

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Main Author: Rösch, Markus (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2013
Series:Karlsruher Schriftenreihe zur Supraleitung / Hrsg. Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Noe, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. M. Siegel
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Summary:This thesis studies the development of LEKID arrays for the use in a mm-wave camera for the IRAM 30m telescope. This includes the design and fabrication of the superconducting microresonators, the modeling and optimization of the mm-wave coupling to the detector and the characterization of the arrays at low temperatures. The results obtained brought IRAM to test a prototype instrument at the telescope, where first astronomical results have been achieved, which are also presented in this work.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (XI, 198 p. p.)
ISBN:KSP/1000036607
9783731501107
Access:Open Access