B02
B02:Pioneering low temperature SOI infrared imaging toward understanding the evolution of the dusty universe.
Far-infrared imaging sensor is the key device to understand the birth and evolution of hidden star-formation in the dusty galaxies because far-infrared photon does not suffer from inter-stellar dust extinction compared with ultra-violet, optical and even X-ray photons.
Unfortunately, in the far-infrared wavelength, the technology for imaging sensor is not mature and the observations are limited in sensitivity and sky-coverage compared with the optical observation.
We will develop high-sensitivity large-format infrared sensors with these two breakthroughs, p+/-i infrared detectors (aka BIB detectors) fabricated by surface activated bonding (SAB) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and cryogenic readout integrated circuit (ROIC) fabricated by fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) CMOS.
- Group Coordination, Takehiko Wada
- far-infrared detector and balloon-borne instrument, Hidehiko Kaneda
- mid-infrared detector, Kentaroh Watanabe
- optical and near-infrared detector, Hidehiko Nakaya
- cryogenic readout integrated circuit, Hirokazu Ikeda
member
PI Takehiko Wada, Assistant Professor,
ISAS/JAXA, infrared astronomy, Group coordination
Co-I Hidehiro Kaneda, Professor,
Nagoya Univ., infrared astronomy, far-infrared detector and balloon-borne instrument
Cooperating Researcher Hidehiko Nakaya, Assistant Professor,
NAOJ, optical astronomy, optical and near-infrared detector
Cooperating Researcher Kentaroh Watanabe, Assistant Professor,
Univ. of Tokyo , optical astronomy, optical and near-infrared detector
Cooperating Researcher Hirokazu Ikeda, Professor,
ISAS/JAXA, electronic circuit engineering, cryogenic readout integrated circuit
Publication
- "Large-scale mapping of the massive star-forming region RCW38 in the [CII] and PAH emission", H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa,, S. K. Ghosh, D. K. Ojha, D. Ishihara, T. Kondo, J. P. Ninan, M. Tanabe, Y. Fukui, Y. Hattori, T. Onaka, K. Torii, M. Yamagishi, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 556, A92(9 pages) (2013).
- "Low-Resolution Spectrum of the Diffuse Galactic Light and 3.3 um PAH emission with AKARI InfraRed Camera", K. Tsumura, T. Matsumoto, S. Matsuura, I. Sakon, M. Tanaka, T. Wada, PASJ accepted (2013).
- "Development of Low Power Cryogenic Readout Integrated Circuits Using Fully-Depleted-Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Technology for Far-Infrared Image Sensors", T. Wada,, H. Nagata, H. Ikeda, Y. Arai,M. Ohno, K. Nagase, J. Low Temp. Phys. 167, pp.602-608 (2012).
- "Molecular-Beam Epitaxial Growth of a Far-Infrared Transparent Electrode for Extrinsic Germanium Photoconductors", T. Suzuki, T. Wada,, K. Hirose, H. Makitsubo, H. Kaneda, PASP 124, pp.823-829 (2012).
- "Electrical and Photoconductive Properties at 1.8 K of Germanium p+ -i Junction Device Fabricated by Surface-Activated Wafer Bonding", H. Kaneda, T. Wada, S. Oyabu, R. Kano, Y. Kiriyama, Y. Hattori, T. Suzuki, K. Ide, M. Kato, and K. Watanabe, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50, 066503(5 pages) (2011).
- "Microscopic and electrical properties of Ge/Ge interfaces bonded by surface-activated wafer bonding technology", K. Watanabe, K. Wada, H. Kaneda, K. Ide, M. Kato, and T. Wada, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50, 015701(5 pages) (2011).
- "Development of cryogenic readout electronics for space infrared astronimical observations", T. Wada, The 10th Taiwan-Japan Microelectronics International Symposium, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, invited talk (2010).
- "Development of Germanium BIB detector with surface activated bonding and Molecular-Beam Epitaxial crystal growth", T. Wada, H. Kaneda, R. Kano, K. Wada, T. Suzuki, K. Watanabe, Y. Kiriyama, IRMMW-Thz 2010, doi:10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612570(2 pages) (2010).