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SLAC microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics: A tone-tracking readout system for superconducting microwave resonator arrays.
Yu, Cyndia; Ahmed, Zeeshan; Frisch, Josef C; Henderson, Shawn W; Silva-Feaver, Max; Arnold, Kam; Brown, David; Connors, Jake; Cukierman, Ari J; D'Ewart, J Mitch; Dober, Bradley J; Dusatko, John E; Haller, Gunther; Herbst, Ryan; Hilton, Gene C; Hubmayr, Johannes; Irwin, Kent D; Kuo, Chao-Lin; Mates, John A B; Ruckman, Larry; Ullom, Joel; Vale, Leila; Van Winkle, Daniel D; Vasquez, Jesus; Young, Edward.
Affiliation
  • Yu C; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  • Ahmed Z; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  • Frisch JC; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Henderson SW; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  • Silva-Feaver M; Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
  • Arnold K; Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
  • Brown D; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Connors J; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Cukierman AJ; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  • D'Ewart JM; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Dober BJ; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Dusatko JE; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Haller G; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Herbst R; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Hilton GC; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Hubmayr J; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Irwin KD; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  • Kuo CL; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
  • Mates JAB; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Ruckman L; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Ullom J; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Vale L; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • Van Winkle DD; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Vasquez J; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
  • Young E; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Rev Sci Instrum ; 94(1): 014712, 2023 Jan 01.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36725567
ABSTRACT
We describe the newest generation of the SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics, a warm digital control and readout system for microwave-frequency resonator-based cryogenic detector and multiplexer systems, such as microwave superconducting quantum interference device multiplexers (µmux) or microwave kinetic inductance detectors. Ultra-sensitive measurements in particle physics and astronomy increasingly rely on large arrays of cryogenic sensors, which in turn necessitate highly multiplexed readout and accompanying room-temperature electronics. Microwave-frequency resonators are a popular tool for cryogenic multiplexing, with the potential to multiplex thousands of detector channels on one readout line. The SMuRF system provides the capability for reading out up to 3328 channels across a 4-8 GHz bandwidth. Notably, the SMuRF system is unique in its implementation of a closed-loop tone-tracking algorithm that minimizes RF power transmitted to the cold amplifier, substantially relaxing system linearity requirements and effective noise from intermodulation products. Here, we present a description of the hardware, firmware, and software systems of the SMuRF electronics, comparing achieved performance with science-driven design requirements. In particular, we focus on the case of large-channel-count, low-bandwidth applications, but the system has been easily reconfigured for high-bandwidth applications. The system described here has been successfully deployed in lab settings and field sites around the world and is baselined for use on upcoming large-scale observatories.
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