An MKID camera for use behind MagAO-X

Noah J. Swimmer; Benjamin Mazin; John I. Bailey III; Jared R. Males; Gregoire Coiffard; Miguel Daal; Kristina K. Davis; Paul Szypryt; Seth R. Meeker; Alexander B. Walter; Clint Bockstiegel; Neelay Fruitwala; Isabel Lipartito; Nicholas Zobrist; Sarah Steiger; Jennifer P. Smith; Hawkins Clay

doi:10.1117/12.2629573

29 August 2022 An MKID camera for use behind MagAO-X

Noah J. Swimmer, Benjamin Mazin, John I. Bailey III, Jared R. Males, Gregoire Coiffard, Miguel Daal, Kristina K. Davis, Paul Szypryt, Seth R. Meeker, Alexander B. Walter, Clint Bockstiegel, Neelay Fruitwala, Isabel Lipartito, Nicholas Zobrist, Sarah Steiger, Jennifer P. Smith, Hawkins Clay

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Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 121843Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629573
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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MagAO-X is a visible to near-IR AO system that will enable a suite of instruments to perform high-contrast, high-resolution science. During its "Phase II" plan a 10-kilopixel Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) IFU will be deployed as a science camera behind MagAO-X. MKIDs are photon-counting detectors with energy resolution up to 30. The photon counting capability and readout allow for microsecond time resolution with no associated read noise. As a consequence of the high readout rate the MKID camera can be used as a Focal Plane Wavefront Sensor (FPWFS) allowing real-time speckle control while simultaneously taking science observations. With the high resolution and contrasts delivered by MagAO-X the MKID camera will aim to directly image and characterize exoplanets in the near-IR. The camera's IR filters can also be replaced with visible filters that will allow for further characterization and the potential for exploration of the inner regions of circumstellar disks.

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Noah J. Swimmer, Benjamin Mazin, John I. Bailey III, Jared R. Males, Gregoire Coiffard, Miguel Daal, Kristina K. Davis, Paul Szypryt, Seth R. Meeker, Alexander B. Walter, Clint Bockstiegel, Neelay Fruitwala, Isabel Lipartito, Nicholas Zobrist, Sarah Steiger, Jennifer P. Smith, and Hawkins Clay "An MKID camera for use behind MagAO-X", Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 121843Z (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629573

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