Axion searches with microwave filters: the RADES project

AÁ Melcón, SA Cuendis, C Cogollos… - … of Cosmology and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose, design and construct a variant of the conventional axion haloscope concept
that could be competitive in the search for dark matter axions of masses in the decade 10 …

Scalable haloscopes for axion dark matter detection in the 30 μeV range with RADES

AÁ Melcón, SA Cuendis, C Cogollos… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract RADES (Relic Axion Detector Exploratory Setup) is a project with the goal of
directly searching for axion dark matter above the 30μeV scale employing custom-made …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing cryogenic amplifiers with a matched temperature-variable noise source

S Simbierowicz, V Vesterinen, J Milem… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a cryogenic microwave noise source with a characteristic impedance of 50 Ω,
which can be installed in a coaxial line of a cryostat. The bath temperature of the noise …

Development of the ALMA band-3 and band-6 sideband-separating SIS mixers

AR Kerr, SK Pan, SMX Claude, P Dindo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) nears completion, 73 dual-
polarization receivers have been delivered for each of Bands 3 (84-116 GHz) and 6 (211 …

Design and development of a hybrid-coupled waveguide multiplexer for a multiband receiver

T Kojima, A Gonzalez, S Asayama… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a waveguide hybrid-coupled multiplexer for frequencies around 400
GHz. The designed multiplexer has three bands with 25-GHz bandwidth and no frequency …

Minimizing RF performance spikes in a cryogenic orthomode transducer (OMT)

D Henke, S Claude - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The turnstile junction exhibits very low cross-polarization leakage and is suitable for low-
noise millimeter-wave receivers. For use in a cryogenic receiver, it is best if the orthomode …

First results from the HAYSTAC axion search

BM Brubaker - 2017 - search.proquest.com
The axion is a well-motivated cold dark matter (CDM) candidate first postulated to explain
the absence of CP violation in the strong interactions. CDM axions may be detected via their …

A compact superconducting heterodyne focal plane array implemented with HPI (hybrid planar integration) scheme

W Shan, S Ezaki, H Kang, A Gonzalez… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The article is concerned with the experimental evidence that proves technical feasibility of
the hybrid planar integration (HPI) scheme that has been proposed to construct …

Development of a submillimeter double-ridged waveguide ortho-mode transducer (OMT) for the 385–500 GHz band

M Kamikura, M Naruse, S Asayama, N Satou… - Journal of Infrared …, 2010 - Springer
We present design and evaluations of a submillimeter double-ridged waveguide ortho-mode
transducer (OMT) for ALMA Band 8 (385–500 GHz) cartridge receiver. The measured …

Design and performance of a sideband separating SIS mixer for 800–950 GHz

A Khudchenko, R Hesper, AM Baryshev… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and results of characterization of a new sideband separating (2SB)
mixer for 800-950 GHz, based on superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) junctions …