Next Generation Readout system for KIDs

动态电感检测器是一种新兴的变革性技术，开始在广泛的应用中使用。他们采用了一种超导传感器，这种传感器对检测宽范围电磁光谱的光非常敏感。该系统的关键技术之一是采用功能强大的FPGA驱动软件无线电系统的数据采集系统。该项目将有助于通过应用于RF片上系统器件领域的最新工业发展，在读出系统的能力上迈出一个数量级的步伐。这一发展带来的功能飞跃将有助于推动欧洲和美国正在开发的下一代KID设备。拟议的项目将使我们能够成为开发这一系统的关键合作伙伴。这将为英国合作伙伴在地基天文学、天基天文学和遥感、医学成像和量子技术等领域利用这一技术提供机会。

Kinetic Inductance Detectors are an emerging transformational technology that are beginning to be used in a wide range of applications. They employ a superconducting sensor that is extremely sensitive for detecting light across a wide range of the electro-magnetic spectrum. One of the key technologies for such system is the data-acquisition system that uses powerful FPGAs to drive a Software Defined Radio system. This project will help to deliver an order of magnitude step in capabilities of the read-out system through the application to the latest industrial developments in the area of RF System-on-Chip devices. The leap in capabilities from this development will help to drive the next generation of KID devices that are being developed in Europe and the US. The proposed project will enable us to become a key partner in the development of this system. This will open opportunities for UK partners to exploit this technology in areas such as ground-based astronomy, space-based astronomy and remote sensing, medical imaging and quantum technologies.