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Development study on the Basic Technologies of Superconductive and large-scale Integrated Circuit for Radio Astronomy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K13789
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Astronomy
Research InstitutionNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Principal Investigator

Iguchi Satoru  国立天文台, アルマプロジェクト, 教授 (10342627)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小嶋 崇文  国立天文台, 先端技術センター, 助教 (00617417)
Research Collaborator UZAWA Yoshinori  
GONZALEZ Alvaro  
ONSHI Kyoko  
SHAN Wenlei  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords超伝導 / 集積回路 / オンチップ / マルチビーム / 広視野 / 電波干渉計 / 超伝導集積回路 / 広視野電波干渉計 / 平面回路基板 / 偏波分離器 / SIS / 電波天文 / 超伝導デバイス / 大規模集積回路
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study contributes to establishing a complex fabrication process of the RF superconducting integrated circuit (IC) and first verifies the novel concept in the world. These results will be a preparatory step toward making a compact receiver component and open up a possibility to the development of a multibeam receiver. Although many research institutes around the world have been conducting research and development of on-chip functional circuits, the current mainstream still relies on the waveguide technologies, all of which are not yet fully integrated. From this perspective, our study can be considered as the leading driver at the forefront of the world’s technology development in the field of superconducting IC fabrication. Our pioneering research will be moved forward aiming to realize a new aperture synthesis method combining a multibeam receiver and an interferometer while working on further sophistication of the device and achieving a higher yield rate.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

低電力かつ究極の高感度性能を実現できる超伝導技術は、未だその応用範囲は限定的である。この原因の1つに装置が汎用性に欠けることがある。小型化は高性能や高機能化を実現できる鍵であり、超伝導技術に様々なブレークスルーを起こす可能性を秘めている。そこで、本研究では、これを打破するために超伝導集積回路に取り組み、小型化に向けた第一歩を成功することができた。この成果は、広視野・高分解能・高画質観測を可能とする次世代電波天文望遠鏡を提案でき、さらなる新しい天文学の扉を開くことができるだけでなく、超伝導技術の可能性を広げるものであり、今後さまざまな所で応用されることが期待できると考える。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (38 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (27 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 18 results,  Invited: 7 results)

  • [Journal Article] Fabrication of Superconductor Integrated Circuits of D-Band Dual-Polarization Balanced SIS Mixers2019

    • Author(s)
      Ezaki Shohei、Shan Wenlei、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Noguchi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

      Volume: 29 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-5

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2019.2902985

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Contribution of Quantum Susceptance in SIS Junction Capacitance Measurement2019

    • Author(s)
      T. Kojima, M. Kroug, Y. Uzawa, Y. Kozuki, and W. Shan
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 5 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2019.2908092

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] How do we design the interferometric system focused on the analog and digital backend and the correlator for scientifically valuable ALMA developments?2018

    • Author(s)
      Iguchi Satoru、Gonzalez Alvaro、Kojima Takafumi、Shan Wenlei、Kosugi George、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Iono Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings Volume SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII

      Volume: 10700 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2312024

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Technical achievements of the ALMA future receiver development program at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Gonzalez Alvaro、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Iono Daisuke、Noguchi Takashi、Iguchi Satoru、Kojima Takafumi、Kroug Matthias、Shan Wenlei
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings Volume SPIE 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX

      Volume: 10708 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2312969

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Overview of the East Asia ALMA development program2018

    • Author(s)
      Asayama Shin'ichiro、Gonzalez Alvaro、Kiuchi Hitoshi、Kojima Takafumi、Kroug Matthias、Shan Wenlei、Kosugi George、Iono Daisuke、Iguchi Satoru
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings Volume SPIE 10708, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX

      Volume: 10708 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2313367

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Planar superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixer array receivers for wide field of view astronomical observation2018

    • Author(s)
      Shan Wenlei、Ezaki Shohei、Liu Jie、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Iguchi Satoru、Noguchi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      SPIE PROCEEDINGS

      Volume: 10708 Pages: 1070814-1070814

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2311933

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A New Concept for Quasi-Planar Integration of Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor Array Receiver Front Ends2018

    • Author(s)
      Shan Wenlei、Ezaki Shohei、Liu Jie、Asayama Shinichiro、Noguchi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

      Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Pages: 472-474

    • DOI

      10.1109/tthz.2018.2842750

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon (100) Membranes for a Multi-beam Superconducting Heterodyne Receiver2018

    • Author(s)
      Ezaki Shohei、Shan Wenlei、Kojima Takafumi、Gonzalez Alvaro、Asayama Shin’ichiro、Noguchi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 193 Issue: 5-6 Pages: 720-725

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-018-2004-2

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Performance and Characterization of a Wide IF SIS-Mixer-Preamplifier Module Employing High-J c SIS Junctions2017

    • Author(s)
      T. Kojima, M. Kroug, K. Uemizu, Y. Niizeki, H. Takahashi and Y. Uzawa
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

      Volume: 7 Issue: 6 Pages: 694-703

    • DOI

      10.1109/tthz.2017.2758260

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On-Wafer Capacitance Measurement of Nb-Based SIS Junctions With a 4-K Probe Station2017

    • Author(s)
      T. Kojima, M. Kroug, K. Sato, T. Sakai, and Y. Uzawa
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

      Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Pages: 9000704-9000704

    • DOI

      10.1109/tasc.2017.2657693

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Large aperture millimeter/submillimeter telescope: which is more cost-effective, aperture synthesis telescope versus large single dish telescope?2016

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Iguchi, Masao Saito
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the SPIE

      Volume: 9906 Pages: 99062T-99062T

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2232022

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] ヘテロダイン受信機の開発状況2019

    • Author(s)
      小嶋崇文
    • Organizer
      宇宙史研究センター南極ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Development of a D-band Dual-polarization Balanced Integrated SIS Mixer for Multi-beam Receiver Application2019

    • Author(s)
      Shan Wenlei、Ezaki Shohei、Miyachi Akihira、Kojima Takafumi、Uzawa Yoshinori、Gonzalez Alvaro
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2019年春季年会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Development of Multibeam Receivers with Monolithic Integrated Circuit2018

    • Author(s)
      Shan Wenlei (on behalf of the team)
    • Organizer
      East Asian ALMA Science Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Design and experimental results of a D-band dual-polarization balanced SIS mixer integrated circuit2018

    • Author(s)
      Shan Wenlei (on behalf of the team)
    • Organizer
      19th East Asia Sub-millimeter-wave Receiver Technology Workshop & 5th Riken-NICT Joint Workshop on Terahertz Technology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Novel concept of multibeam integrated heterodyne receiver for radio astronomy and related technological development2018

    • Author(s)
      Gonzalez Alvaro、Shan Wenlei、Kojima Takafumi、Uzawa Yoshinori、Iguchi Satoru
    • Organizer
      39th ESA Antenna Workshop on Multibeam and Reconfigurable Antennas for Space Applications
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Influence of Quantum Susceptance in Specific Capacitance Measurements of SIS Junctions2018

    • Author(s)
      Kojima Takafumi、Kroug Matthias、Uzawa Yoshinori、Kozuki Yuto、Shan Wenlei
    • Organizer
      2018 Applied Superconductivity Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How do we design the interferometric system focused on the analog and digital backend and the correlator for scientifically valuable ALMA developments?2018

    • Author(s)
      Iguchi Satoru、Gonzalez Alvaro、Kojima Takafumi、Shan Wenlei、Kosugi George、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Iono Daisuke
    • Organizer
      SPIE
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Technical achievements of the ALMA future receiver development program at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Gonzalez Alvaro、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Iono Daisuke、Noguchi Takashi、Iguchi Satoru、Kojima Takafumi、Kroug Matthias、Shan Wenlei
    • Organizer
      SPIE
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Overview of the East Asia ALMA development program2018

    • Author(s)
      Asayama Shin'ichiro、Gonzalez Alvaro、Kiuchi Hitoshi、Kojima Takafumi、Kroug Matthias、Shan Wenlei、Kosugi George、Iono Daisuke、Iguchi Satoru
    • Organizer
      SPIE
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Planar superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixer array receivers for wide field of view astronomical observation2018

    • Author(s)
      Ezaki Shohei、Liu Jie、Asayama Shin'ichiro、Iguchi Satoru、Noguchi Takashi、Shan Wenlei
    • Organizer
      SPIE
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Planar-integration of Arrayed SIS Receiver Frontends2018

    • Author(s)
      Wenlei Shan, Shohei Ezaki, Shinichiro Asayama, Takashi Noguchi, and Satoru Iguchi
    • Organizer
      29th IEEE International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Next-generation multibeam SIS receiver development in NAOJ : strategy, roadmap, and proof-of-concept2018

    • Author(s)
      Wenlei Shan, Shohei Ezaki, Shin’ichiro Asayama, Takashi Noguchi, Satoru Iguchi,
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会春季年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ヘテロダイン受信機・技術の最新動向・将来展望2018

    • Author(s)
      小嶋崇文
    • Organizer
      2017年度 宇宙電波懇談会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Planar Integration of SIS Array Receivers2018

    • Author(s)
      Wenlei Shan
    • Organizer
      第18回ミリ波サブミリ波受信機ワークショップ&第4回理研NICT合同テラヘルツワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fabrication of Integrated Circuits for Superconducting Heterodyne Receiver2018

    • Author(s)
      江崎翔平,Wenlei Shan、浅山信一郎、野口卓、井口聖
    • Organizer
      第18回ミリ波サブミリ波受信機ワークショップ&第4回理研NICT合同テラヘルツワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 冷却プローブステーションを用いたSIS接合のキャパシタンス評価2017

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 楽, 小嶋 崇文, Matthias Kroug, 酒井 剛, 鵜澤 佳徳
    • Organizer
      第17回ミリ波サブミリ波受信機ワークショップおよび第3回理研NICT合同テラヘルツワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      情報通信研究機構, 小金井, 東京
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fabrication and Characterization of (100) Silicon Membranes for a Multi-beam Superconducting Heterodyne Receiver2017

    • Author(s)
      Shohei Ezaki, Wenlei Shan, Matthias Kroug, Takafumi Kojima, Alvaro Gonzalez, Shin'ichiro Asayama, Takashi Noguchi
    • Organizer
      17th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of Multi-Beam Superconducting Heterodyne Receiver for Radio Telescopes2017

    • Author(s)
      Shohei Ezaki, Wenlei Shan, Shin’ichiro Asayama, Takashi Noguchi and Satoru Iguchi
    • Organizer
      The 19th East Asia Sub-millimeter-wave Receiver Technology Workshop
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アルマ電波望遠鏡を支えるミリ波・サブミリ波高感度受信機技術と将来開発2017

    • Author(s)
      小嶋崇文
    • Organizer
      Microwave Workshops & Exhibition MWE 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Superconducting Receivers for ALMA Radio Telescope and Future Development2016

    • Author(s)
      Takafumi Kojima, Alvaro Gonzalez, Matthias Kroug, Yasunori Fujii, Keiko Kaneko, Wenlei Shan, Shinichiro Asayama, Yoshinori Uzawa, Kazumasa Makise, Hirotaka Terai, Zhen Wang
    • Organizer
      29th International Symposium on Superconductivity
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Capacitance Measurements of Niobium SIS Junctions at Microwave Frequencies2016

    • Author(s)
      Konomi Sato, Takafumi Kojima, Matthias Kroug, Takeshi Sakai and Yoshinori Uzawa
    • Organizer
      29th International Symposium on Superconductivity
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Niobium SIS Junction Technology for Sub-mm Wave Mixers2016

    • Author(s)
      Matthias Kroug, Mizuki Ikeya, Takafumi Kojima, Takeshi Noguchi
    • Organizer
      29th International Symposium on Superconductivity
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 冷却プローブステーションを用いたSIS 接合のキャパシタンス測定2016

    • Author(s)
      小嶋崇文, Matthias Kroug, 酒井剛, 鵜澤佳徳
    • Organizer
      第77回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      朱鷺メッセ, 新潟, 新潟
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] High Current Density SIS Mixers for the 400-500 GHz Band2016

    • Author(s)
      Matthias Kroug, Kazunori Uemizu, Shohei Ezaki, Yasuaki Niizeki, Takafumi Kojima
    • Organizer
      2016 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel, Seoul, Korea
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, ALMA; the Status of Operations and Future Development2016

    • Author(s)
      Satoru Iguchi
    • Organizer
      Astronomy Development in Vietnam Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Quy Nhon University, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Millimeter and Sub-mm Wave Instrumentation Development for ALMA at NAOJ/Chile Observatory2016

    • Author(s)
      Alvaro Gonzalez
    • Organizer
      Astronomy Development in Vietnam Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Quy Nhon University, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-31
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Development of SIS mixers for future receivers at NAOJ2016

    • Author(s)
      Takafumi Kojima
    • Organizer
      ALMA Developers' Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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