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

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  • 1. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 2. ROR icon Jet Propulsion Lab
  • 3. ROR icon Arizona State University
  • 4. ROR icon University of Virginia
  • 5. ROR icon Princeton University
  • 6. ROR icon University of Pennsylvania

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Abstract

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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© 2020 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This project has been funded by the Office of Naval Research.

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103340
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Office of Naval Research (ONR)

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2020-05-20
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2021-11-16
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Proceedings of SPIE
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11411