Wideband on-chip terahertz spectrometer based on a superconducting filterbank

Akira Endo; Kenichi Karatsu; Alejandro Pascual Laguna; Behnam Mirzaei; Robert Huiting; David Thoen; Vignesh Murugesan; Stephen J. C. Yates; Juan Bueno; Nuri V. Marrewijk; Sjoerd Bosma; Ozan Yurduseven; Nuria Llombart; Junya Suzuki; Masato Naruse; Pieter J. de Visser; Paul P. van der Werf; Teunis M. Klapwijk; Jochem J. A. Baselmans

doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.5.3.035004

21 June 2019 Wideband on-chip terahertz spectrometer based on a superconducting filterbank

Akira Endo, Kenichi Karatsu, Alejandro Pascual Laguna, Behnam Mirzaei, Robert Huiting, David Thoen, Vignesh Murugesan, Stephen J. C. Yates, Juan Bueno, Nuri V. Marrewijk, Sjoerd Bosma, Ozan Yurduseven, Nuria Llombart, Junya Suzuki, Masato Naruse, Pieter J. de Visser, Paul P. van der Werf, Teunis M. Klapwijk, Jochem J. A. Baselmans

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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 035004 (June 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.5.3.035004

Abstract

Terahertz spectrometers with a wide instantaneous frequency coverage for passive remote sensing are enormously attractive for many terahertz applications, such as astronomy, atmospheric science, and security. Here we demonstrate a wide-band terahertz spectrometer based on a single superconducting chip. The chip consists of an antenna coupled to a transmission line filterbank, with a microwave kinetic inductance detector behind each filter. Using frequency division multiplexing, all detectors are read-out simultaneously, creating a wide-band spectrometer with an instantaneous bandwidth of 45 GHz centered around 350 GHz. The spectrometer has a spectral resolution of F / ΔF = 380 and reaches photon-noise limited sensitivity. We discuss the chip design and fabrication, as well as the system integration and testing. We confirm full system operation by the detection of an emission line spectrum of methanol gas. The proposed concept allows for spectroscopic radiation detection over large bandwidths and resolutions up to F / ΔF ∼ 1000, all using a chip area of a few cm². This will allow the construction of medium resolution imaging spectrometers with unprecedented speed and sensitivity.

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Akira Endo, Kenichi Karatsu, Alejandro Pascual Laguna, Behnam Mirzaei, Robert Huiting, David Thoen, Vignesh Murugesan, Stephen J. C. Yates, Juan Bueno, Nuri V. Marrewijk, Sjoerd Bosma, Ozan Yurduseven, Nuria Llombart, Junya Suzuki, Masato Naruse, Pieter J. de Visser, Paul P. van der Werf, Teunis M. Klapwijk, and Jochem J. A. Baselmans "Wideband on-chip terahertz spectrometer based on a superconducting filterbank," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 5(3), 035004 (21 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.5.3.035004

Received: 5 January 2019; Accepted: 6 June 2019; Published: 21 June 2019

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