Adrian K. Sinclair
A5007938608- Superconducting and THz Device Technology
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
- Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Scientific Research and Discoveries
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
University of British Columbia
2022-2024
Arizona State University
2016-2022
California University of Pennsylvania
2020-2022
Cornell University
2022
University of Science and Technology of China
2020
University of Milano-Bicocca
2020
Stanford University
2020
Columbia University
2016
Abstract We present a detailed overview of the science goals and predictions for Prime-Cam direct-detection camera–spectrometer being constructed by CCAT-prime collaboration dedicated use on Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). The FYST is wide-field, 6 m aperture submillimeter telescope built (first light in late 2023) an international consortium institutions led Cornell University sited at more than 5600 Cerro Chajnantor northern Chile. one two instruments planned will provide...
TolTEC is a three-band imaging polarimeter for the Large Millimeter Telescope. Simultaneously observing with passbands at 1.1mm, 1.4mm and 2.0mm, has diffraction-limited beams FWHM of 5, 7, 11 arcsec, respectively. Over coming decade, will perform combination PI-led Open-access Legacy Survey projects. Herein we provide an overview instrument give first quantitative measures its performance in lab prior to shipping telescope 2021.
We present a highly frequency multiplexed readout for large-format superconducting detector arrays intended use in the next generation of balloon-borne and space-based sub-millimeter far-infrared missions. will demonstrate this technology on upcoming NASA Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) to measure polarized emission Galactic dust at wavelengths 250, 350 500 microns. The BLAST-TNG receiver incorporates first Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance...
<strong>Publisher's Note</strong>: This paper, originally published on 22 December 2020, was replaced with a corrected/revised version 12 March 2021. If you downloaded the original PDF but are unable to access revision, please contact SPIE Digital Library Customer Service for assistance. AliCPT-1 is first CMB degree scale polarimeter be deployed Tibetan plateau at 5,250m asl. 95/150GHz 72cm aperture, two lens refracting telescope cooled down 4K. Alumina lenses image 636mm wide focal plane....
The experiment for cryogenic large-aperture intensity mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to survey star formation in windows from the present z = 3.5. During this time, rate of dropped dramatically, while dark matter continued cluster. EXCLAIM maps redshifted emission singly ionized carbon lines and monoxide using mapping, which permits blind complete emitting gas through statistics cumulative brightness fluctuations. achieves high sensitivity coupled six integrated...
We present a detailed overview of the science goals and predictions for Prime-Cam direct detection camera/spectrometer being constructed by CCAT-prime collaboration dedicated use on Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). The FYST is wide-field, 6-m aperture submillimeter telescope built (first light in mid-2024) an international consortium institutions led Cornell University sited at more than 5600 meters Cerro Chajnantor northern Chile. one two instruments planned will provide...
The CCAT Collaboration's six-meter Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is scheduled to begin observing in the Chilean Atacama 2025, targeting a variety of science goals throughout cosmic history. Prime-Cam 1.8-meter diameter cryostat that will host up seven independent instrument modules designed for simultaneous spectroscopic and broadband, polarimetric surveys at millimeter submillimeter wavelengths. first these modules, 280 GHz module, include ${\sim}$10,000 kinetic inductance detectors...
Polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains can be used to map magnetic fields in star forming molecular clouds and the diffuse medium (ISM). The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) flew Antarctica 2010 2012 produced degree-scale polarization maps of several nearby with arcminute resolution. success BLASTPol has motivated a next-generation instrument, BLAST-TNG, which will use more than 3000 linear polarization- sensitive microwave...
One of the main scientific goals optical interferometers is to measure angular diameters stars. These measurements, combined with precise distance such as those from upcoming Gaia satellite, can provide improved constraints on stellar linear and effective temperature. We describe a modular intensity interferometer system using commercially available single-photon detectors. present our calculations sensitivity uv-plane coverage these modules mounted existing telescopes Kitt Peak, Arizona....
Superconducting nanowires are widely used as sensitive single photon detectors with wide spectral coverage and high timing resolution. We describe a demonstration of an array DC biased superconducting nanowire read out microwave multiplexing circuit. In this design, each individual is part resonant LC circuit where the inductance dominated by kinetic nanowire. The also contains two parallel plate capacitors, one them in inductor other coupled to transmission line which carries signals...
The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2018-2019 season. BLAST-TNG will detect polarized interstellar dust emission, tracing magnetic fields in galactic molecular clouds. be first polarimeter with sensitivity and resolution to probe $\sim$0.1 parsec-scale features that are critical understanding origin of...
The Prime-Cam instrument on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is expected to be largest deployment of millimeter and submillimeter sensitive kinetic inductance detectors date. To read out these arrays efficiently, a microwave frequency multiplexed readout has been designed run Xilinx Radio Frequency System Chip (RFSoC). RFSoC dramatically improved every category size, weight, power, cost, bandwidth over previous generation systems. We describe baseline firmware design which can...
The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to survey star formation over cosmological time scales using intensity mapping in the 420 - 540 GHz frequency range. EXCLAIM uses fully cryogenic coupled six on-chip spectrometers featuring kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) achieve high sensitivity, allowing fast integration dark atmospheric windows. receiver cooled $\approx$ 1.7 K by immersion superfluid helium bath and enclosed...
Prime-Cam, a first-generation science instrument for the Atacama-based Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope, is being built by CCAT Collaboration to observe at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths using kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs). Prime-Cam's 280 GHz module will deploy with two aluminum-based KID arrays one titanium nitride-based array, totaling approximately 10,000 focal plane, all of which have been fabricated are currently undergoing testing. One complication fielding large...
Prime-Cam is a first-generation instrument designed for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Cerro Chajnantor Atacama (CCAT) Facility. Among modules being developed receiver, highest frequency 850 GHz module presents unique challenges optical design, coupling, detection, and readout. The will incorporate approximately 45,000 polarization-sensitive, lumped-element microwave kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs), which represent most KIDs on sky single to date. We present critical...
The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne far-infrared telescope that will survey star formation history over cosmological time scales to improve our understanding of why the rate declined at redshift z < 2, despite continued clustering dark matter. Specifically,EXCLAIM map emission redshifted carbon monoxide and singly-ionized lines in windows range 0 3.5, following an innovative approach known as intensity mapping. mapping measures...
The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter polarimeter designed to map interstellar dust and galactic foregrounds at 250, 350, 500 microns during 24-day Antarctic flight. BLAST-TNG detector arrays are comprised of 918, 469, 272 MKID pixels, respectively. pixels formed from two orthogonally oriented, crossed, linear-polarization sensitive antennae. cooled sub 300mK temperatures stabilized via closed cycle $^3$He sorption fridge in...
Ali CMB Polarization Telescope (AliCPT) is the first Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimeter with a large focal plane camera to be deployed in Northern Hemisphere, Tibetan Plateau. Here we present design of dichroic (90/150 GHz) capable hosting up 32,376 Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers operating from base temperature 280 mK. Detectors are fabricated as monolithic arrays 1,704 feedhorn-coupled and polarization-sensitive TES that packaged independent modules read out microwave...
The EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM) is a balloon-borne far-infrared telescope that will survey galactic formation history over cosmological time scales with redshifts between 0 and 3.5. EXCLAIM measure the statistics of brightness fluctuations redshifted cumulative carbon monoxide singly ionized line emissions, following an intensity mapping approach. couple all-cryogenic optical elements to six μ-Spec spectrometer modules, operating at 420-540 GHz...
A wafer scale memory has now been developed that achieved a high enough yield to make it practical manufacture. This CMOS was with density and low cost as higher priorities than speed. The device fills gap in the hierarchy of computer between speed, priced main off-line or hard disk memory. To achieve density, standard 1-Mb DRAMs small amount control logic were arranged an array on wafer. Partially good are used basis for these devices, several redundancy techniques requiring no additional...
A prototype intensity interferometer readout for single-photon detectors is presented as a time-to-digital converter (TDC) implemented on field-programmable gate array (FPGA). We briefly discuss the history and scientific motivations instrument. comparison drawn between use of photomultiplier tubes in linear mode avalanche diodes (SPAD) Geiger mode. Different FPGA-based TDC configurations are discussed. describe design implementation four-phase TDC. The paper concludes with application to...
The BLAST Observatory is a proposed super-pressure balloon-borne polarimeter designed for future ultra- long duration balloon campaign from Wanaka, New Zealand. To maximize scientific output while staying within the stringent weight envelope, will feature new 1.8m off-axis optical system contained lightweight monocoque structure gondola. payload incorporate 300 L <sup>4</sup>He cryogenic receiver which cool 8,274 microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) to 100mK through use of an...