Mr Christopher Dunscombe
Teams and roles for Christopher Dunscombe
Research Scientific Officer
Research Scientific Support
Astronomy Instrumentation Group
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and TechnologyResearch Scientific Support
Astronomy Instrumentation Group
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology
Publication
2024
- Tapia, M. B. et al., 2024. Mexico-UK Submillimeter Camera for AsTronomy focal plane performance at the Large Millimeter Telescope. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10 (4) 045003. (10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.045003)
- Woodhead, C. et al. 2024. Design and commissioning of a UHV sputter system for the fabrication of superconducting TiN KID’s using High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 Yokohama, Japan 16 - 21 June 2024. Published in: Zmuidzinas, J. and Gao, J. eds. Proceedings Volume PC13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII. SPIE(10.1117/12.3019852)
2023
- Pisano, G. et al. 2023. Thin flexible multi-octave metamaterial absorber for millimeter wavelengths. Applied Optics 62 (9), pp.2317-2328. (10.1364/AO.478842)
2022
- Gascard, T. et al. 2022. Pixel design for FIR/mm/submm astronomy constituted of a set of antenna-coupled superconducting detectors feeding a metamaterial-based lenslet. Presented at: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI Montreal, Canada 17-23 July 2022. Proceedings Volume 12190 Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI. Vol. 12190.SPIE. (10.1117/12.2627848)
2016
- Brien, T. et al. 2016. Optical response of strained- and unstrained-silicon cold-electron bolometers. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 184 , pp.231-237. (10.1007/s10909-016-1569-x)
- Rowe, S. et al. 2016. A passive terahertz video camera based on lumped element kinetic inductance detectors. Review of Scientific Instruments 87 (3) 033105. (10.1063/1.4941661)
2015
- Brien, T. et al. 2015. Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz. Presented at: 2015 8th UK, Europe, China Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop (UCMMT) Cardiff, UK 14-15 Sept. 2015. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7455173. , pp.1-4. (10.1109/UCMMT.2015.7460630)
2014
- Brien, T. L. et al. 2014. A strained silicon cold electron bolometer using Schottky contacts. Applied Physics Letters 105 043509. (10.1063/1.4892069)
2013
- Al Naim, A. et al., 2013. Water-gated organic nanowire transistors. Organic Electronics 14 (4), pp.1057-1063. (10.1016/j.orgel.2013.01.024)
- Kardakova, A. et al., 2013. The electron-phonon relaxation time in thin superconducting titanium nitride films. Applied Physics Letters 103 (25) 252602. (10.1063/1.4851235)
2008
- Doyle, S. M. et al. 2008. Lumped element kinetic inductance detectors. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 151 (1-2), pp.530-536. (10.1007/s10909-007-9685-2)
- Morozov, D. L. et al. 2008. Antenna-coupled direct detector for millimetre and submillimetre astronomy based on 2D electron gas in semiconducting heterostructure. Presented at: Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Marseilles, France 26-28 June 2008. Published in: Duncan, W. D. et al., Millimeter and submillimeter detectors and instrumentation for astronomy IV: 26-28 June 2008, Marseille, France. Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 7020. Bellingham, WA: SPIE. , pp.702021. (10.1117/12.789753)
2007
- Doyle, S. M. et al. 2007. Lumped element kinetic inductance detectors. Presented at: 18th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007 (ISSTT 2007) Pasadena, CA, USA 21-23 March 2007. Published in: Karpov, A. ed. 18th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007 (ISSTT 2007). International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology ( ISSTT ) NY: International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology ( ISSTT ). , pp.170-177.
- Morozov, D. L. et al. 2007. THz direct detector with 2D electron gas periodic structure absorber. Presented at: 18th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007 (ISSTT 2007) Pasadena, CA, USA 21-23 March 2007. Published in: Karpov, A. ed. 8th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007. Pittsburgh, Pa: Curran Associates Inc
2005
- Bacchus, I. D. et al. 2005. A cold electron bolometer using a two-dimensional electron gas absorber. Presented at: Space Terahertz Technology. International Symposium. 16th 2005. (ISSTT 2005) Gothenburg, Sweden 2-4 May 2005. Published in: Ingvarson, M. ed. ISSTT 2005 : 16th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, May 2-4, 2005 : Conference Proceedings.. Gothenburg, Sweden: Curran Associates Inc. , pp.134-138.
- Porch, A. et al. 2005. Calculation of the characteristics of coplanar resonators for kinetic inductance detectors. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 15 (2), pp.552-555. (10.1109/TASC.2005.849916)
1997
- Bennett, M. R. et al., 1997. Photoemission studies of the surfactant-aided growth of Ge on Te-terminated Si(100). Surface Science 380 (2-3), pp.178-189. (10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01149-1)
Articles
- Al Naim, A. et al., 2013. Water-gated organic nanowire transistors. Organic Electronics 14 (4), pp.1057-1063. (10.1016/j.orgel.2013.01.024)
- Bennett, M. R. et al., 1997. Photoemission studies of the surfactant-aided growth of Ge on Te-terminated Si(100). Surface Science 380 (2-3), pp.178-189. (10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01149-1)
- Brien, T. et al. 2016. Optical response of strained- and unstrained-silicon cold-electron bolometers. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 184 , pp.231-237. (10.1007/s10909-016-1569-x)
- Brien, T. L. et al. 2014. A strained silicon cold electron bolometer using Schottky contacts. Applied Physics Letters 105 043509. (10.1063/1.4892069)
- Doyle, S. M. et al. 2008. Lumped element kinetic inductance detectors. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 151 (1-2), pp.530-536. (10.1007/s10909-007-9685-2)
- Kardakova, A. et al., 2013. The electron-phonon relaxation time in thin superconducting titanium nitride films. Applied Physics Letters 103 (25) 252602. (10.1063/1.4851235)
- Pisano, G. et al. 2023. Thin flexible multi-octave metamaterial absorber for millimeter wavelengths. Applied Optics 62 (9), pp.2317-2328. (10.1364/AO.478842)
- Porch, A. et al. 2005. Calculation of the characteristics of coplanar resonators for kinetic inductance detectors. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 15 (2), pp.552-555. (10.1109/TASC.2005.849916)
- Rowe, S. et al. 2016. A passive terahertz video camera based on lumped element kinetic inductance detectors. Review of Scientific Instruments 87 (3) 033105. (10.1063/1.4941661)
- Tapia, M. B. et al., 2024. Mexico-UK Submillimeter Camera for AsTronomy focal plane performance at the Large Millimeter Telescope. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10 (4) 045003. (10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.045003)
Conferences
- Bacchus, I. D. et al. 2005. A cold electron bolometer using a two-dimensional electron gas absorber. Presented at: Space Terahertz Technology. International Symposium. 16th 2005. (ISSTT 2005) Gothenburg, Sweden 2-4 May 2005. Published in: Ingvarson, M. ed. ISSTT 2005 : 16th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, May 2-4, 2005 : Conference Proceedings.. Gothenburg, Sweden: Curran Associates Inc. , pp.134-138.
- Brien, T. et al. 2015. Optical characterisation of a strained-silicon cold-electron bolometer at 160 GHz. Presented at: 2015 8th UK, Europe, China Millimeter Waves and THz Technology Workshop (UCMMT) Cardiff, UK 14-15 Sept. 2015. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7455173. , pp.1-4. (10.1109/UCMMT.2015.7460630)
- Doyle, S. M. et al. 2007. Lumped element kinetic inductance detectors. Presented at: 18th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007 (ISSTT 2007) Pasadena, CA, USA 21-23 March 2007. Published in: Karpov, A. ed. 18th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007 (ISSTT 2007). International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology ( ISSTT ) NY: International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology ( ISSTT ). , pp.170-177.
- Gascard, T. et al. 2022. Pixel design for FIR/mm/submm astronomy constituted of a set of antenna-coupled superconducting detectors feeding a metamaterial-based lenslet. Presented at: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI Montreal, Canada 17-23 July 2022. Proceedings Volume 12190 Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI. Vol. 12190.SPIE. (10.1117/12.2627848)
- Morozov, D. L. et al. 2007. THz direct detector with 2D electron gas periodic structure absorber. Presented at: 18th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007 (ISSTT 2007) Pasadena, CA, USA 21-23 March 2007. Published in: Karpov, A. ed. 8th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007. Pittsburgh, Pa: Curran Associates Inc
- Morozov, D. L. et al. 2008. Antenna-coupled direct detector for millimetre and submillimetre astronomy based on 2D electron gas in semiconducting heterostructure. Presented at: Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Marseilles, France 26-28 June 2008. Published in: Duncan, W. D. et al., Millimeter and submillimeter detectors and instrumentation for astronomy IV: 26-28 June 2008, Marseille, France. Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 7020. Bellingham, WA: SPIE. , pp.702021. (10.1117/12.789753)
- Woodhead, C. et al. 2024. Design and commissioning of a UHV sputter system for the fabrication of superconducting TiN KID’s using High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 Yokohama, Japan 16 - 21 June 2024. Published in: Zmuidzinas, J. and Gao, J. eds. Proceedings Volume PC13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII. SPIE(10.1117/12.3019852)
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+44 29208 76774
Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, Room WX/0.07, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA