Terahertz Sensing
Department of Microelectronics

dr. P.J. de Visser

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Terahertz Sensing (THZ), Department of Microelectronics

Expertise: Space instrument scientist

Themes: Experimental Astronomy

Biography

My research focuses on superconducting microresonator detectors (MKIDs), which can resolve the energy of each visible or near-infrared photon that is absorbed by the detector. As a consequence of the energy resolving power, these detectors have no dark- and read noise as in conventional semiconductor detectors. Each pixel is read out real time. We envision these detectors to function as an imaging spectrometer to measure the composition of the atmosphere of exoplanets. Exoplanets are very faint, only a few photons per second, which requires a noiseless, photon counting detector. The unique properties of photon-counting MKIDs and the ease of making large arrays also make them promising detectors for fringe-tracking in ground-based interferometry, wavefront sensing and potentially in biological fluorescence experiments and quantum optics. I have a strong background in condensed matter physics and low temperature detectors, which I have used in the past to demonstrate the most sensitive terahertz MKID to date. Through a deep understanding of the device physics I aim to improve the energy resolution of visible/near-infrared MKIDs, enhance the quantum efficiency over a broad band and use this knowledge to demonstrate a large a array of energy-resolving MKIDs.

Publications

  1. Resolving Power of Visible-To-Near-Infrared Hybrid β-Ta/Nb-Ti-N Kinetic Inductance Detectors
    Kevin Kouwenhoven; Daniel Fan; Enrico Biancalani; Steven A.H. de Rooij; Tawab Karim; Carlas S. Smith; Vignesh Murugesan; David J. Thoen; Jochem J.A. Baselmans; Pieter J. de Visser;
    Physical Review Applied,
    Volume 19, Issue 3, Mar. 2023. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.034007

  2. Strong reduction of quasiparticle fluctuations in a superconductor due to decoupling of the quasiparticle number and lifetime
    de Rooij, Steven A. H.; Baselmans, Jochem J. A.; Murugesan, Vignesh; Thoen, David J.; de Visser, Pieter J.;
    Physical Review B,
    Volume 104, Issue 18, pp. L180506, Nov. 2021. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L180506
    document

  3. Phonon-Trapping-Enhanced Energy Resolution in Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors
    de Visser, Pieter J.; de Rooij, Steven A.H.; Murugesan, Vignesh; Thoen, David J.; Baselmans, Jochem J.A.;
    Physical Review Applied,
    Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 034051, Sep. 2021. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.034051
    document

  4. Wideband on-chip terahertz spectrometer based on a superconducting filterbank
    A.Endo; K. Karatsu; Pascual Laguna, A.; B. Mirzaei; R. Huiting; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; S.J.C. Yates; J. Bueno; N. van Marrewijk; S. Bosma; O. Yurduseven; N. Llombart; J. Suzuki; M. Naruse; P.J. de Visser; P.P. van der Werf; T.M. Klapwijk; and J.J.A. Baselmans;
    J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst.,
    Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 35004-(1-12), 2019.
    document

  5. Mitigation of cosmic ray effect on microwave kinetic inductance detector arrays
    K. Karatsu; A. Endo; J. Bueno; P.J. de Visser; R. Barends; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; N. Tomita; J.J.A. Baselmans;
    Appl. Phys. Lett.,
    Volume 114, Issue 3, 2019.
    document

  6. Performance of THz Components Based on Microstrip PECVD SiN x Technology
    Finkel, Matvey; Thierschmann, Holger; Galatro, Luca; Katan, Allard J; Thoen, David J; de Visser, Pieter J; Spirito, Marco; Klapwijk, Teun M;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 7, Issue 6, pp. 765-771, 2017.
    document

  7. Fluctuations in the electron system of a superconductor exposed to a photon flux.
    de Visser, P.J.; Baselmans, J.A.A.; Llombart Juan, J; Klapwijk, N;
    Nature Communications,
    Volume 5, Issue 3130, pp. 1-8, 2015.

  8. The non-equilibrium response of a superconductor to pair-breaking radiation measured over a broad frequency band
    P.J. de Visser; S.J.C. Yates; T. Guruswamy; D.J. Goldie; S. Withington; A. Neto; N. Llombart; A.M. Baryshev; T.M. Klapwijk; J.J.A. Baselmans;
    Applied Physics Letters 106, 252602,
    May 2015.
    document

  9. Superconducting (Nb, Ti)N thin films for nanoscale experiments
    D.J. Thoen; A. Endo; J.J.A. Baselmans; A. Bruno; E.F.C. Driessen; E.A.F Haalebos; P.J. de Visser; T.M. Klapwijk;
    In Physics@FOM Veldhoven,
    Veldhoven, the Netherlands, January 2015.

  10. Microwave-induced excess quasiparticles in superconducting resonators measured through correlated conductivity fluctuations
    de Visser,PJ; Baselmans,JJA; Yates,SJC; Diener,P; Endo,A; Klapwijk,TM;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 100, Issue 16, pp. 1--4, 2012.

  11. Design of an integrated filterbank for DESHIMA: on chip submillimeter imaging spectrograph based on superconducting resonators
    Endo,A; van der werf,p; Janssen,RMJ; de Visser,PJ; Klapwijk,TM; Baselmans,JJA; Ferrari,L; Baryshev,AM; Yates,SJC;
    Low Temperature Physics,
    Issue 167, pp. 341--346, 2012.

  12. Generation-Recombination Noise: The Fundamental Sensitivity Limit for Kinetic Inductance Detectors
    de Visser,PJ; Baselmans,JJA; Diener,P; Endo,A; Klapwijk,TM;
    Journal of Low Temperature Physics,
    Volume 167, Issue 3-4, pp. 335--340, 2012.

  13. Power Handling and Responsivity of Submicron Wide Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide Resonators
    Janssen,RMJ; Endo,A; baselsmans,J.J.A.; de Visser,PJ; Barends,R; Klapwijk,TM;
    Journal of Low Temperature Physics,
    Volume 137, Issue 3-4, pp. 354--359, 2012.

  14. Development of DESHIMA: a redshift machine based on a superconducting on-chip filterbank
    Endo,A; Baselmans,JJA; van der werf,PP; Knoors,B; Javadzadeh,SMH; Yates,SJC; Thoen,DJ; Ferrari,L; Baryshev,AM; Lankwarden,YJY; de Visser,PJ; Janssen,RMJ; Klapwijk,TM;
    In Holland,W.S.; Zmuidzinas,J. (Ed.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI,
    s.l., SPIE Press, pp. 1--15, 2012.

  15. Number fluctuations of sparse quasiparticles in a superconductor
    de Visser,PJ; Baselmans,JJA; Diener,P; Yates,SJC; Endo,A; Klapwijk,TM;
    Physical Review Letters,
    Volume 106, Issue 16, pp. 167004-1--16700, 2011.

  16. Minimal resonator loss for circuit quantum electrodynamics
    Barends,R; Vercruyssen,N; Endo,A; de Visser,PJ; Zijlstra,T; Klapwijk,TM; Diener,P; Yates,SJC; Baselmans,JJA;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 97, Issue 2, pp. 023508-1--02350, 2010.

  17. Reduced frequency noise in superconducting resonators
    Barends,R; Vercruyssen,N; Endo,A; de Visser,PJ; Zijlstra,T; Klapwijk,TM; Baselmans,JJA;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 97, Issue 3, pp. 033507-1--03350, 2010.

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