High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 37, Issue 6, 069001(2025)

Research progress of microwave kinetic inductance detector for terahertz astronomical detection

Peiling Shi1 and Qing He2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1The 9th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Mianyang 621010, China
  • 2Institute of Electronic Engineering, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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    Figures & Tables(16)
    Coplanar waveguide and lumped superconducting microwave resonator structures[44]
    Working principle of MKID[20]
    Antenna-coupled MKID[47] and LEKID[48]
    Readout system of MKID[45]
    Schematic diagram of the on-chip spectrometer structure[49]
    Schematic diagrams of DESHIMA 1.0 and DESHIMA 2.0[52]
    Structure of BLAST-TNG[66]
    Structure of TolTEC[22]
    Schematic diagram of the design of MKID for CMB detection[71]
    CORE containing 2100 pixels[72]
    The camera of DemnoCam[82]
    Multi-wavelength image of the MACSJ1423.8+2404 cluster, where the areas within the blue and yellow coils were completed by NIKA[91]
    Cryogenic LED pixel-to-frequency mapper for kinetic inductance detector arrays [108]
    • Table 1. On-chip spectrometers based on MKID

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      Table 1. On-chip spectrometers based on MKID

      spectrometerscale (channels/pixels)frequency/GHzwavelength/mmmaterialsinstallation
      SuperSpec500195-3101.54-0.97Nb, TiNLMT
      DESHIMA49332-3770.903-0.795NbTiN, AlASTE
      DESHIMA2.0347220-4401.36-0.682NbTiN, A1ASTE
      CAMELS500103-114.72.9-2.6NbN, TaGreenlandTelescope
      Micro-Spec355540-4200.555-0.714Nb, AlEXCLAIM
      WSPEC54135-1752.2-1.7A1
      190-2501.6-1.2
    • Table 2. Polarimeters based on MKID

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      Table 2. Polarimeters based on MKID

      polarimeterpixelsfrequency/GHzwavelength/mmmaterialsinstallation(loading mode)
      BLAST-TNG1836/938/5441200, 857, 6000.25, 0.35, 0.5TiNBLAST-TNG
      MUSCAT16002731.1A1LMT
      ToITEC1900/950/475270, 214, 1501.1, 1.4, 2TiN/Ti/TiNLMT
      CORE210060~6005~0.5NbTiN, A1LiteBIRD
      SKIP2317150, 260~3502, 1.2~0.9A1Balloon-borne
      B-SIDE980~1800400~7000.75~0.43Ti, AlBalloon-borne
      GroundBIRD161(138/23)145, 2202.1, 1.4Nb, A1GroundBIRD
      BICEP-Array3000030/40, 95, 150 , 220/27010/6.5, 3.16, 2 , 1.36/1.1Nb, A1South Pole Telescope
    • Table 3. Astronomical cameras based on MKID

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      Table 3. Astronomical cameras based on MKID

      camerapixelsfrequency/GHzwavelength/mmmaterialsinstallation
      DemoCam32240、3501.25、0.86A1、NbCSO
      MUSIC2304150、230、290、3502、1.3、1.03、0.86TiNCSO
      NIKA(2009)721502A1IRAM
      NIKA(2010)1441502NbTiN、AlIRAM
      2562201.36
      NIKA222802601.15A1IRAM
      6161502
      MUSCAT16002701.1A1LMT
      A-MKID10003500.85NbTiN、AlAPEX
      50008500.35
      MUSICAM~100150、225、 288、3502、1.33、1.04、0.86A1ESMT
      KISS31680~3003.75~1Ti、AlQUIJOTE
      CONCERTO2152130~3102.3~0.97AlAPEX
      Prime-Cam60000220、280、350、4101.36、1.07、0.86、0.73TiN、AlCCAT-prim
      210008500.353
      31000250、3601.2、0.833
      MISTRAL41577~1033.896~2.913Ti、AlSRT
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    Paper Information

    Category: Advanced Interdisciplinary Science

    Received: Jan. 1, 2025

    Accepted: Mar. 31, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Qing He (18583852658@163.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202537.250001

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