400-million-pixel superconducting delay-line camera with 30-ps readout circuit
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Abstract
We propose using a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) to image the distribution of hot spots induced by a localized external stimulus on orthogonal XY superconducting meander lines. We utilize a delay-line technique to trace the propagation of internal signals for a pair of signals arising from each hot spot. We use the timestamps of signal arrivals at the electrodes to determine the position of each hot spot (x, y). Because the signal velocity inside the detector is ultrafast at ∼20% the speed of light, a readout circuit with a temporal resolution faster than 250 ps is necessary to resolve the position of a hot spot with a precision of 1.5 μm, which is the size of a meander pitch. In our earlier work, we developed a 1-ns CB-KID readout circuit, but it was not fast enough to resolve each segment as a unit tick step of the hot-spot position. In this work, we developed a new Kalliope-II readout circuit equipped with a front-end main circuit for a continuous readout data acquisition system (AMANEQ) and a high-resolution time-to-digital converter that works at a temporal resolution of 30 ps. This allows us to resolve images with smaller pixels down to 1.5 × 1.5 μm2. Clearly, the CB-KID sensor can detect various stimuli, such as photons and neutrons. As a superconducting detector, the CB-KID realized a 100 000 000-pixel camera with a 15 × 15 mm2 sensitive area. Occasionally, the size of the hot spot in the CB-KID is larger than the meander pitch, enabling one to determine the center-of-gravity position of the hot spots in units of half pitch (0.75 μm). This could enable a superconducting camera with up to 400 000 000 submicrometer pixels over a 15 × 15 mm2 area. This development could open up great possibilities when CB-KID is applied to photonic measurements.
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