PIRSA:18050001

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Exoplanets and Light Dark Matter

Mazin, B. (2018). Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Exoplanets and Light Dark Matter. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/18050001

Mazin, Benjamin. Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Exoplanets and Light Dark Matter. Perimeter Institute, May. 01, 2018, https://pirsa.org/18050001 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:18050001,
            doi = {10.48660/18050001},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/18050001},
            author = {Mazin, Benjamin},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Exoplanets and Light Dark Matter},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2018},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:18050001 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Benjamin Mazin University of California, Santa Barbara

DOI 10.48660/18050001
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs, are superconducting detector arrays that can measure the energy and arrival time of individual optical through near-IR photons without read noise or dark counts.  I will discuss our recent work and results from the first two MKID Integral Field Spectrographs (IFSs) for high contrast imaging, DARKNESS/SDC at the Palomar 200" and MEC/SCExAO on Subaru. I will then look at the future of MKIDs and their potential on 30-m class telescopes like the TMT, and explore a fascinating new application in the detection of light scalar dark matter.