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JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Volume 151, Issue 1-2, Pages 537-543Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-007-9686-1
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microwave; kinetic; inductance; detector; MKID; LTD
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Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are superconducting detectors that sense the change in the surface impedance of a thin superconducting film when Cooper Pairs are broken by using a high quality factor resonant circuit. We are developing strip detectors that have aluminum MKID sensors on both ends of a rectangular tantalum strip. These devices can provide one dimensional spatial imaging with high quantum efficiency, energy resolution, and microsecond time resolution for single photons from the IR to the X-ray. We have demonstrated X-ray strip detectors with an energy resolution of 62 eV at 6 keV, and hope to improve this substantially. We will also report on our progress towards optical arrays for a planned camera for the Palomar 200 '' telescope.
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