Research Areas - (3) MKID Array Fabrication

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Bradford Benson 🔗
Argonne National Laboratory 🔗 University of Chicago 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): A&A / Physics | Benson Group @ UChicago
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Develops cryogenic detector technology for CMB experiments. Directions: (1) TES bolometer array design and fabrication for SPT-3G and CMB-S4; (2) MKID detector development as alternative to TES for next-generation CMB focal planes; (3) low-noise SQUID multiplexed readout for large-format arrays; (4) SPT-3G science: CMB lensing, cluster SZ, B-mode polarization. Argonne joint appointment.

Clarence Chang 🔗
Argonne National Laboratory 🔗 University of Chicago 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): A&A / Physics | Chang Group (Clarence) @ UChicago
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Develops superconducting detector and readout systems for CMB observations. Directions: (1) SQUID-multiplexed readout architecture for large TES bolometer arrays (SPT-3G, CMB-S4); (2) transition-edge sensor bolometer fabrication and characterization; (3) MKID detector development; (4) CMB-S4 instrument design. Argonne joint appointment. Deep expertise in quantum-limited cryogenic detector readout.

Jeffrey McMahon 🔗
University of Chicago 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics / A&A | McMahon Group @ UChicago
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Experimental cosmologist developing next-generation CMB detector arrays. Directions: (1) CMB-S4 detector development — leading TES bolometer and MKID array design for 500,000-detector focal plane; (2) South Pole Telescope SPT-3G operations and analysis; (3) cryogenic readout electronics including SQUID multiplexing at millikelvin temperatures; (4) quantum-limited photon detection at mm/submm wavelengths. APS Fellow.