A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance detector camera for long-range imaging through optical obscurants

Jack Sayers; Peter K. Day; Daniel P. Cunnane; Byeong Ho Eom; Henry G. LeDuc; Roger C. O'Brient; Marcus C. Runyan; Sean A. Bryan; Samuel B. Gordon; Philip D. Mauskopf; Bradley R. Johnson; Heather McCarrick; Tanay A. Bhandarkar

doi:10.1117/12.2557428

18 May 2020 A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance detector camera for long-range imaging through optical obscurants

Jack Sayers, Peter K. Day, Daniel P. Cunnane, Byeong Ho Eom, Henry G. LeDuc, Roger C. O'Brient, Marcus C. Runyan, Sean A. Bryan, Samuel B. Gordon, Philip D. Mauskopf, Bradley R. Johnson, Heather McCarrick, Tanay A. Bhandarkar

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Proceedings Volume 11411, Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXIII; 114110H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2557428
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Millimeter-wave imaging provides a promising option for long-range target detection through optical obscurants such as fog, which often occur in marine environments. Given this motivation, we are currently developing a 150 GHz polarization-sensitive imager using a relatively new type of superconducting pair-breaking detector, the kinetic inductance detector (KID). This imager will be paired with a 1.5 m telescope to obtain an angular resolution of 0.09° over a 3.5° field of view using 3,840 KIDs. We have fully characterized a prototype KID array, which shows excellent performance with noise strongly limited by the irreducible fluctuations from the ambient temperature background. Full-scale KID arrays are now being fabricated and characterized for a planned demonstration in a maritime environment later this year.

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Jack Sayers, Peter K. Day, Daniel P. Cunnane, Byeong Ho Eom, Henry G. LeDuc, Roger C. O'Brient, Marcus C. Runyan, Sean A. Bryan, Samuel B. Gordon, Philip D. Mauskopf, Bradley R. Johnson, Heather McCarrick, and Tanay A. Bhandarkar "A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance detector camera for long-range imaging through optical obscurants", Proc. SPIE 11411, Passive and Active Millimeter-Wave Imaging XXIII, 114110H (18 May 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2557428

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