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The Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project (KAPPa), a 16 pixel integrated heterodyne focal plane array

  • Christopher E. Groppi
  • , Caleb H. Wheeler
  • , Hamdi Mani
  • , Patrick McGarey
  • , Todd Veach
  • , Sander Weinreb
  • , Damon Russell
  • , Jacob W. Kooi
  • , Arthur W. Lichtenberger
  • , Christopher K. Walker
  • , Craig Kulesa

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

KAPPa (the Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project) is developing key technologies to enable the construction of heterodyne focal plane arrays in the terahertz frequency regime with ∼1000 pixels. The leap to ~1000 pixels requires solutions to several key technological problems before the construction of such a focal plane is possible. The KAPPa project will develop a small (16-pixel) 2D integrated heterodyne focal plane array for the 660 GHz atmospheric window as a technological pathfinder towards future kilopixel heterodyne focal plane arrays.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: Jul 3 2012 → Jul 6 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8452
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period7/3/12 → 7/6/12

Keywords

  • Array receivers
  • THz imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Instrumentation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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