@inproceedings{44d407ed189546329a6fa0146e508914,
title = "SPACEKIDS: Kinetic inductance detectors for space applications",
abstract = "SPACEKIDS, a European Union FP-7 project, has recently been completed. It has focused on developing kinetic inductance detector (KID) arrays and demonstrating their suitability for space applications at far infrared and submillimetre wavelengths. KID arrays have been developed for both low-background (typical of astrophysical applications) and high-background (typical of Earth-observation applications), based on performance specifications derived from the science requirements of representative potential future missions. KID pixel and array designs have been developed, together with readout electronics necessary to read out large numbers of pixels. Two laboratory demonstrator systems have been built and used for comprehensive evaluation of large-format array characteristics and performance in environments representative of both astronomy and Earth observing applications. We present an overview of the SPACEKIDS project and a summary of its main results and conclusions.",
keywords = "Astronomy, Earth Observation, Far infrared, Kinetic Inductance Detectors, Space instrumentation, Submillimetre",
author = "M Griffin and J. Baselmans and A. Baryshev and M Grim and P Hargrave and T. Klapwijk and A. Neto and {Blazquez Valles}, B. and {Llombart Juan}, N. and {More Authors}",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1117/12.2231100",
language = "English",
volume = "9914",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "J. Zmuidzinas and Holland, {W.S. }",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE",
address = "United States",
note = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII ; Conference date: 28-06-2016 Through 01-07-2016",
}