Benson, Chris S., Barry, Peter S., Ashworth, Patrick, Gordon-Moys, Harry, Karkare, Kirit S., Morris, Izaak and Robson, Gethin
2026.
Low-noise Fourier transform spectroscopy enabled by superconducting on-chip filterbank spectrometers.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
36
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, 2401608.
10.1109/tasc.2026.3682395
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Abstract
Spectroscopic architectures that have historically been used for large field of view mapping spectroscopy in millimetere and sub-millimetre astronomy suffer from significant drawbacks. On-chip filterbank spectrometers are a promising technology in this respect; however, they must overcome an orders-of-magnitude increase in detector counts, efficiency loss due to dielectric properties, and stringent fabrication tolerances that currently limit scaling to resolutions of order 1000 over a large array. We propose coupling a medium-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer to a low-resolution filterbank spectrometer focal plane, which serves as a post-dispersion element. In this arrangement, medium resolution imaging spectroscopy is provided by the Fourier transform spectrometer, while the low resolution filterbank spectrometer serves to decrease the photon noise inherent in typical broadband Fourier transform spectrometer measurements by over an order of magnitude. This is achieved while maintaining the excellent imaging advantages of both architectures. We present predicted mapping speeds for a filterbank-dispersed Fourier transform spectrometer from a ground-based site and a balloon-borne platform...
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Physics and Astronomy |
| Additional Information: | License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplorehelp/downloads/license-information/IEEE.html, Start Date: 2026-01-01 |
| Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISSN: | 1051-8223 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 24 April 2026 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2026 13:00 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/186610 |
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