CCAT-prime: RFSoC based readout for frequency multiplexed kinetic inductance detectors

AK Sinclair, RC Stephenson… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Prime-Cam instrument on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is expected
to be the largest deployment of millimeter and submillimeter sensitive kinetic inductance …

A passive, fully staring THz video camera based on kinetic inductance bolometer arrays

J Luomahaara, H Sipola, L Grönberg… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current state-of-the-art security video cameras operating in the THz regime employ up to a
few hundred detectors together with optomechanical scanning to cover an adequate fieldof …

CCAT: Detector Noise Limited Performance of the RFSoC-based Readout Electronics for mm/sub-mm/far-IR KIDs

AK Sinclair, J Burgoyne, AI Huber… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama
desert of Chile, will conduct wide-field and small deep-field surveys of the sky with more …

A quasiparticle-injection superconducting microwave relaxation oscillator

G Trupiano, G De Simoni, F Giazotto - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.14363, 2024 - arxiv.org
We propose a superconducting microwave relaxation oscillator based on a nanowire
shunted by a resistor and an inductor controlled by quasiparticle injection from a tunnel …

On the development of a reconfigurable readout for superconducting arrays

AK Sinclair, RC Stephenson, J Hoh… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We describe the development of a reconfigurable frequency multiplexed readout system for
superconducting arrays. This system is an upgrade to the ROACH2 based readout system …

CCAT: multirate DSP for sub-mm astronomy: polyphase synthesis filter bank on FPGA for enhanced MKID readout

RM Xie, AK Sinclair, J Burgoyne… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The next-generation mm/sub-mm/far-IR astronomy will in part be enabled by advanced
digital signal processing (DSP) techniques. The Prime-Cam instrument of the Fred Young …

In-Flight Performance of the BLAST-TNG Balloon-Borne Far-Infrared Telescope and Development of a Reconfigurable Readout on the RFSoC Platform for Frequency …

A Sinclair - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope-The Next Generation
(BLAST-TNG) was designed to map the polarized emission from dust in star forming regions …

CCAT-prime: optical and cryogenic design of the 850 GHz module for Prime-Cam

AI Huber, SC Chapman, AK Sinclair… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Prime-Cam is a first-generation instrument for the Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope-
prime (CCAT-prime) Facility. The 850 GHz module for Prime-Cam will probe the highest …

A fully-staring THz video camera with wide field-of-view and close-looking optics

J Luomahaara, A Mäyrä, M Aikio… - … Wave and Terahertz …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We discuss about a fully-staring THz video camera prototype intended for security
screening. The camera utilizes so-called kinetic inductance bolometers to detect THz …

Superconducting kinetic inductance bolometer focal plane array for passive terahertz imaging system

L Lehtisyrjä - 2021 - lutpub.lut.fi
The demands for high performance concealed object detection in mass transit, public events
or industrial facilities have been increasing in light of increased risks. Concealed object …