Testing low-loss microstrip materials with mkids for microwave applications

Hood, J. C., Barry, Peter, Cecil, T., Chang, C. L., Li, J., Meyer, S. S., Pan, Z., Shirokoff, E. and Tang, A. 2022. Testing low-loss microstrip materials with mkids for microwave applications. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 209 (5-6) , pp. 1189-1195. 10.1007/s10909-022-02881-y

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Abstract

Future measurements of the millimeter-wavelength sky require a low-loss super-conducting microstrip, typically made from niobium and silicon nitride, coupling the antenna to detectors. We propose a simple device for characterizing these low-loss microstrips at 150 GHz. In our device we illuminate an antenna with a thermal source and compare the measured power at 150 GHz transmitted down microstrips of different lengths. The power measurement is made using microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) fabricated directly onto the microstrip dielectric, and comparing the measured response provides a direct measurement of the microstrip loss. Our proposed structure provides a simple device (4 layers and a DRIE etch) for characterizing the dielectric loss of various microstrip materials and substrates. We present initial results using these devices. We demonstrate that the millimeter-wavelength loss of microstrip lines, a few tens of millimeters long, can be measured using a practical aluminum MKID with a black body source at a few tens of Kelvin.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0022-2291
Date of Acceptance:	20 September 2022
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2023 14:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155677

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