Applications for Microwave Kinetic Induction Detectors in Advanced Instrumentation

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current and potential applications of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) across various scientific fields, highlighting their scalability and versatility for future instrumentation.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of MKID applications in astronomy, particle physics, material science, and THz imaging, serving as a resource for future research directions.

Findings

MKIDs are scalable and suitable for diverse scientific applications.

Ongoing and proposed MKID projects span multiple fields.

The paper offers a thorough list of MKID use cases for further exploration.

Abstract

In recent years Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) have emerged as one of the most promising novel low temperature detector technologies. Their unrivaled scalability makes them very attractive for many modern applications and scientific instruments. In this paper we intend to give an overview of how and where MKIDs are currently being used or are suggested to be used in the future. MKID based projects are ongoing or proposed for observational astronomy, particle physics, material science and THz imaging, and the goal of this review is to provide an easily usable and thorough list of possible starting points for more in-depth literature research on the many areas profiting from kinetic inductance detectors.