Mr Christopher Dunscombe
Teams and roles for Christopher Dunscombe
Research Scientific Support
Astronomy Instrumentation Group
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology
Publication
2026
- Brien, T. L. R. et al. 2026. Array-scale performance of polarisation-sensitive kinetic inductance detectors for sub-95 GHz applications [Poster]. Proceedings of SPIE 14156 (10.1117/12.3105119)
- Becerril-Tapia, M. et al. 2026. Mapping large CMB-KID arrays through LED scanner [Poster]. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2026 Copenhagen, Denmark 5-10 July 2026. Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Vol. 14156.[Mapping large CMB-KID arrays through LED scanner]. SPIE. , pp.92. (10.1117/12.3105449)
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
- 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)
- 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)
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
- 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)
- 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.
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
- Brien, T. L. R. et al. 2026. Array-scale performance of polarisation-sensitive kinetic inductance detectors for sub-95 GHz applications [Poster]. Proceedings of SPIE 14156 (10.1117/12.3105119)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Brien, T. L. et al. 2014. A strained silicon cold electron bolometer using Schottky contacts. Applied Physics Letters 105 043509. (10.1063/1.4892069)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Conferences
- Becerril-Tapia, M. et al. 2026. Mapping large CMB-KID arrays through LED scanner [Poster]. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2026 Copenhagen, Denmark 5-10 July 2026. Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Vol. 14156.[Mapping large CMB-KID arrays through LED scanner]. SPIE. , pp.92. (10.1117/12.3105449)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
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