7–10 Nov 2023
SLAC
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Non-linear kinetic inductance devices for dark matter searches

7 Nov 2023, 17:30
15m
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium (SLAC)

51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium

SLAC

2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
150
Oral RDC7: Low-Background Detectors RDC7

Speaker

Dr Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL/Caltech)

Description

Non-linear kinetic inductance (NLKI) enables engineering sensitive devices that operate at the quantum limit. This talk will cover kinetic inductance traveling wave parametric amplifiers (KI-TWPAs) and spectrometers being developed at JPL and Caltech. With relation to KI-TWPAs we will also showcase a hidden photon search experiment QUantum LImited PHotons In the Dark Experiment (QUALIPHIDE) and outline the plans for expanding to wider mass ranges. Finally, we will briefly review a new class of superconducting spectrometers, e.g. the superconducting on-chip fourier transform spectrometer (SOFTS), and their potential for dark matter searches.

Early Career Yes

Primary author

Dr Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL/Caltech)

Presentation materials