NIKEL: Electronics and data acquisition for kilopixels kinetic inductance camera
arXiv:1204.1415 · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/7/07/P07014
Abstract
A prototype of digital frequency multiplexing electronics allowing the real time monitoring of microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKIDs) arrays for mm-wave astronomy has been developed. Thanks to the frequency multiplexing, it can monitor simultaneously 400 pixels over a 500 MHz bandwidth and requires only two coaxial cables for instrumenting such a large array. The chosen solution and the performances achieved are presented in this paper.
21 pages, 14 figures