Experimental demonstration of a resolving power of 25-55 at 1545-402 nm wavelengths with photon-counting MKIDs

Autor: D. J. Thoen, Jochem J. A. Baselmans, Vignesh Murugesan, Pieter J. de Visser
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IX.
DOI: 10.1117/12.2561523
Popis: A noiseless, photon counting detector is desired for low light applications in astronomy. We study superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) in which the intrinsic energy resolution eliminates the conventional dark current. A visible/near-IR photon creates thousands of quasiparticles through electron-phonon interaction. Phonons lost in this process limit the energy resolution to E/dE
Databáze: OpenAIRE