The Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project (KAPPa), a 16 pixel integrated heterodyne focal plane array

Christopher E. Groppi; Caleb H. Wheeler; Hamdi Mani; Patrick McGarey; Todd Veach; Sander Weinreb; Damon Russell; Jacob W. Kooi; Arthur W. Lichtenberger; Christopher K. Walker; Craig Kulesa

doi:10.1117/12.927358

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24 September 2012 The Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project (KAPPa), a 16 pixel integrated heterodyne focal plane array

Christopher E. Groppi, Caleb H. Wheeler, Hamdi Mani, Patrick McGarey, Todd Veach, Sander Weinreb, Damon Russell, Jacob W. Kooi, Arthur W. Lichtenberger, Christopher K. Walker, Craig Kulesa

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Proceedings Volume 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; 84520Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927358
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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KAPPa (the Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project) is developing key technologies to enable the construction of heterodyne focal plane arrays in the terahertz frequency regime with ~1000 pixels. The leap to ~1000 pixels requires solutions to several key technological problems before the construction of such a focal plane is possible. The KAPPa project will develop a small (16-pixel) 2D integrated heterodyne focal plane array for the 660 GHz atmospheric window as a technological pathfinder towards future kilopixel heterodyne focal plane arrays.

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Christopher E. Groppi, Caleb H. Wheeler, Hamdi Mani, Patrick McGarey, Todd Veach, Sander Weinreb, Damon Russell, Jacob W. Kooi, Arthur W. Lichtenberger, Christopher K. Walker, and Craig Kulesa "The Kilopixel Array Pathfinder Project (KAPPa), a 16 pixel integrated heterodyne focal plane array", Proc. SPIE 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 84520Y (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927358

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