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

• 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
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Superconductivity; detectors; astronomy; kinetic inductance
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...