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Development of Multi-chroic MKIDs for Next-Generation CMB Polarization Studies

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We report on the status of an ongoing effort to develop arrays of horn-coupled, polarization-sensitive microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) that are each sensitive to two spectral bands between 125 and 280 GHz. These multi-chroic MKID arrays are tailored for next-generation, large-detector-count experiments that are being designed to simultaneously characterize the polarization properties of both the cosmic microwave background and Galactic dust emission. We present our device design and describe laboratory-based measurement results from two 23-element prototype arrays. From dark measurements of our first engineering array, we demonstrated a multiplexing factor of 92, showed the resonators respond to bath temperature changes as expected, and found that the fabrication yield was 100%. From our first optically loaded array, we found the MKIDs respond to millimeter-wave pulses; additional optical characterization measurements are ongoing. We end by discussing our plans for scaling up this technology to kilo-pixel arrays over the next 2 years.

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  1. If \(\nu > 2 \Delta /h \cong 74~\mathrm {GHz} \times (T_\mathrm{c}/1~\mathrm {K})\), the photons will break Cooper pairs. Here, \(\Delta \) is the superconducting gap, h is Planck’s constant, and \(T_\mathrm{c}\) is the superconducting transition temperature of the film.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by NSF Grants AST-1509211 and AST-1711160 for Johnson; AST-1509078 and AST-1711242 for Mauskopf; AST-1506074 and AST-1710624 for Irwin. McCarrick is supported by a NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship. We thank the Xilinx University Program for donating the FPGA hardware and software tools that were used in the readout system.

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  1. Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    B. R. Johnson, D. Flanigan, M. H. Abitbol, G. Jones, H. McCarrick & A. Miller

  2. School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF243AA, UK

    P. A. R. Ade, S. Doyle, G. Pisano & C. Tucker

  3. School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA

    S. Bryan, P. Mauskopf & H. Surdi

  4. Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-4085, USA

    K. Irwin & Y. Song

  5. Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA

    R. Datta & J. McMahon

  6. NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA

    P. Day

  7. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA

    H.-M. Cho, K. Irwin & D. Li

  8. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 665, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    R. Datta

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Johnson, B.R., Flanigan, D., Abitbol, M.H. et al. Development of Multi-chroic MKIDs for Next-Generation CMB Polarization Studies. J Low Temp Phys 193, 103–112 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2032-y

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