Workshop Schedule

 

MMIC Array Receivers and Spectrographs Workshop

overviewschedulelist of attendees

 

Monday, July 21, 2008

8:15 - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:15
  • Welcome and Introduction to KISS – Tom Prince (Keck Institute for Space Studies)
  • Introductions
  • Overview of Study Program – Tony Readhead (California Institute of Technology) [video of talk (Flash)]
    [slide presentation (pdf)] and Charles Lawrence (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [video of talk (Flash)]
    [slide presentation (pdf)]
    • Plan
    • Purpose
9:15 - 10:45 Overview Talks
  • Fundamental sensitivity limits for coherent and direct detection – Jonas Zmuidzinas (California Institute of Technology) [video of talk (Flash)] [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Bolometric vs. MMIC arrays for CMB Science - Andrew Lange (California Institute of Technology) [video of talk (Flash)]
    [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Measurements of the CMB and other continuum signals with coherent arrays – Sarah Church (Stanford University) [video of talk (Flash)] [slide presentation (pdf)]
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 pm Overview Talks (continued)
  • Astronomical spectroscopy at millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths – Paul Goldsmith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [video of talk (Flash)] [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Earth Remote Sensing Applications with Microwave Array Spectrometers - Bjorn Lambrigtsen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [video of talk (Flash)] [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • High Spectral Resolution Systems for Solar System Exploration at Frequencies up to 600 GHz – Mark Allen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [video of talk (Flash)]
    [slide presentation (pdf)]
12:30 - 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 - 2:15 Measuring foregrounds for future CMB experiments - Clive Dickinson (IPAC) [slide presentation (pdf)]
2:15 -3:45 State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Receivers. Device/Circuit/MMIC Level:
  • Metal-semiconductor interfaces: towards quantum limited MMIC performances at sub-millimeter wave frequencies - Mo Missous (University of Manchester) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • 3D Integration Using Wafer-level Packaging - Patty Chang-Chien (Northrop Grumman) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • High power W-band GaN MMICs – Miro Micovic (HRL Labs) [slide presentation (pdf)]
3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 6:00
  • European R&D on multi-purpose cameras: the APRICOT programme – Peter Wilkinson (University of Manchester) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • What we know and do not know about cryogenic HEMT’s - Marian Pospieszalski (NRAO) [slide presentation (pdf)]
6:00 Reception

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

8:45 - noon State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Receivers
Module or Multi-Chip Level
  • MMIC Technology Prospects for Large Arrays - Todd Gaier (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Ka-Band MMIC Radiometer: experiences and future in Radio Astronomy - Danielle Kettle (University of Manchester) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • NRAO MMIC-Based Receiver Developments for the Next Decade of Radio Astronomy – Matt Morgan (NRAO) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Supercam: A 64-Beam Heterodyne Array for the 870-micron Atmospheric Window – Chris Groppi (University of Arizona) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Richard Lai [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Prospects in Semiconductors for Focal Plane Arrays - Sandy Weinreb (California Institute of Technology) [slide presentation (pdf)]
Instrument Level
  • Primordial Inflation Telescope (PILOT) - a MMIC based polarimeter mission concept for measuring Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization - Mike Seiffert (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Neal Erickson slides via Paul Goldsmith [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Technological Requirements for a next generation SZ Imager - Keith Grainge [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Novel Technology for Ultra-Sensitive Cosmology Instruments - Ghassan Yassin (University of Oxford) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  Lunch
  Roundtable Discussion

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

8:45 - noon State of the Art and Future Possibilities for Digital Back Ends
  • Overview of Digital Signal Processing for Imaging and Spectroscopy - Larry D'Addario (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • CASPER Collaboration for Digital Backends - Dan Werthimer (UC Berkeley) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • Digital Correlators for Spaceborne Earth Remote Sensing: Current Status and Near Term Technology Development - Chris Ruf (University of Michigan) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  • FPGA Interfacing and Signal Processing - Dave Hawkins (California Institute of Technology) [slide presentation (pdf)]
  Discussion
  Lunch
  Roundtable Discussion and initial writing allocations for digital back ends

Thursday, July 24, 2008

8:45 am Overview of Upcoming Opportunities
  • Short-term opportunities (NSF, NASA, ESA, etc.)
  • Long-term opportunities to change future space missions
  Devise Roadmap of Path Forward
  Identify Prototypes Needed
  Identify Roles of Different Institutions
6:00 pm Reception

Friday, July 25, 2008

  • Outline
  • Continue work on writing assignments
  • Lunch
  • Closing session to discuss what we have written

 

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