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تسجيل مستخدم جديدPhoton-noise limited sensitivity in titanium nitride kinetic inductance detectors
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We demonstrate photon-noise limited performance at sub-millimeter wavelengths in feedhorn-coupled, microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) made of a TiN/Ti/TiN trilayer superconducting film, tuned to have a transition temperature of 1.4~K. Micro-machining of the silicon-on-insulator wafer backside creates a quarter-wavelength backshort optimized for efficient coupling at 250~micron. Using frequency read out and when viewing a variable temperature blackbody source, we measure device noise consistent with photon noise when the incident optical power is $>$~0.5~pW, corresponding to noise equivalent powers $>$~3$times 10^{-17}$ W/$sqrt{mathrm{Hz}}$. This sensitivity makes these devices suitable for broadband photometric applications at these wavelengths.
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