Extending KIDs to the Mid-IR for Future Space and Suborbital Observatories

摘要

Photograph of the inductor portion of a 10  KID. The unit cell shown in Fig. 1 is repeated to cover the entire absorber area, which has a circular envelope with a diameter of 60  . short-meander unit cell geometry. The blue represents Al with and the pink represents the Si substrate. The material of the microlens array that couples radiation to the KIDs will be made of the same material as the substrate. The total unit cell size depicted is , but will vary according to wavelength and substrate material. 3D model of HFSS unit cell simulation. The plane wave travels from the top Floquet port to the bottom Floquet Port. The vacuum and substrate box heights are not to scale. The heights were adjusted to show where the Floquet ports are assigned. The actual box height is equal to two times the longest wavelength of the simulation frequency sweep (Color figure online)