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Development of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector for Cosmological Observations

Kenichi KARATSU, Satoru MIMA, Shugo OGURI, Jihoon CHOI, R. M. THUSHARA DAMAYANTHI, Agnes DOMINJON, Noboru FURUKAWA, Hirokazu ISHINO, Hikaru ISHITSUKA, Atsuko KIBAYASHI, Yoshiaki KIBE, Hitoshi KIUCHI, Kensuke KOGA, Masato NARUSE, Tom NITTA, Takashi NOGUCHI, Takashi OKADA, Chiko OTANI, Shigeyuki SEKIGUCHI, Yutaro SEKIMOTO, Masakazu SEKINE, Shibo SHU, Osamu TAJIMA, Kenta TAKAHASHI, Nozomu TOMITA, Hiroki WATANABE, Mitsuhiro YOSHIDA

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A precise measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) provides us rich information about the universe. In particular, its asymmetric polarization patterns, B-modes, are smoking gun signature of inflationary universe. Magnitude of the B-modes is order of 10 nK. Its measurement requires a high sensitive millimeter-wave telescope with a large number of superconducting detectors on its focal plane. Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) is appropriate detector for this purpose. MKID camera has been developed in cooperation of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), and Okayama University. Our developments of MKID include: fabrication of high-quality superconducting film; optical components for a camera use; and readout electronics. For performance evaluation of total integrated system of our MKID camera, a calibration system was also developed. The system was incorporated in a 0.1 K dilution refrigerator with modulated polarization source. These developed technologies are applicable to other types of detectors.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E98-C No.3 pp.207-218
Publication Date
2015/03/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1353
DOI
10.1587/transele.E98.C.207
Type of Manuscript
Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Leading-Edge Applications and Fundamentals of Superconducting Sensors and Detectors)
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Authors

Kenichi KARATSU
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Satoru MIMA
  RIKEN
Shugo OGURI
  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Jihoon CHOI
  Korea University
R. M. THUSHARA DAMAYANTHI
  RIKEN
Agnes DOMINJON
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Noboru FURUKAWA
  RIKEN
Hirokazu ISHINO
  Okayama Uiversity
Hikaru ISHITSUKA
  Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
Atsuko KIBAYASHI
  Okayama Uiversity
Yoshiaki KIBE
  Okayama Uiversity
Hitoshi KIUCHI
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Kensuke KOGA
  Tohoku University
Masato NARUSE
  Saitama University
Tom NITTA
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Takashi NOGUCHI
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Takashi OKADA
  The University of Tokyo
Chiko OTANI
  RIKEN
Shigeyuki SEKIGUCHI
  The University of Tokyo
Yutaro SEKIMOTO
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Masakazu SEKINE
  The University of Tokyo
Shibo SHU
  The University of Tokyo
Osamu TAJIMA
  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Kenta TAKAHASHI
  Tohoku University
Nozomu TOMITA
  The University of Tokyo
Hiroki WATANABE
  Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
Mitsuhiro YOSHIDA
  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

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