ALMA-FED 2021: ALMA Front End Development (Virtual) Conference 2021

27 Sept 2021, 12:55 → 30 Sept 2021, 15:00 Europe/Berlin

Stella Chasiotis-Klingner (ESO/ LOC), Tony Mroczkowski (ESO - European Southern Observatory)

The ALMA 2030 Vision

(https://zenodo.org/communities/almafed2021)

A next generation of front-end receivers

This workshop will be held online, in the week of September 27-30, 2021. The talks will be less 15 minutes long each, and will be pre-recorded in order to accommodate the large range of time zones involved.

The aim of this conference is to discuss receiver development in the context of the ALMA 2030 Road Map.

Rationale:

The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the world’s most sensitive facility for millimeter/submillimeter astronomical observations, and will soon be fully operational in all of the originally planned bands.  Since its first observations, ALMA has routinely delivered groundbreaking scientific results that span nearly all areas of astrophysics.  Only future instrumentation upgrades and improvements can help ALMA continue as the field leader along this path!

The vision for ALMA's future development is described in the ALMA Development Roadmap. In order to implement this vision a series of three workshops has been envisioned, in conjunction with corresponding working groups defining the appropriate scientific and technical specifications. Following the first two workshops held in 2020 to discuss potential correlator and digitizer upgrades that will realize the ALMA 2030 vision, we plan to complete the workshop trilogy with an ALMA Front-End Development Workshop, entitled The ALMA 2030 Vision: A next generation of front-end receivers".

This workshop relates to the Front-End working group report, which is currently in Revision B (i.e. not the final form), available here: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/science_sustainability/ALMA_FE_Digitizer_WG_report_released.pdf.

This report, which we encourage you to read, will likely be updated as the results from other development groups in ALMA are taken into consideration

This workshop is intended to be relatively small and focused, but we explicitly welcome participation from all ALMA regions and the rest of the world. 

alma fed 2021 schedule.pdf

ALMA FED 2021 Zenodo Collection

Monday, 27 September

13:00 → 13:25 Introduction/Overview: Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond

Day 1: Introduction
11:00 Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond Stuartt Corder programmatic invited
11:25 The ALMA Frontend Giorgio Siringo programmatic invited
11:50 The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030 Gie Han Tan programmatic invited
12:15 Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA Tony Mroczkowski programmatic contributed
12:30 Discussion (lead: John Carpenter) John Carpenter

Convener: Stuartt Corder (-)

13:25 → 13:50 Introduction/Overview: The ALMA Frontend

Day 1: Introduction
11:00 Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond Stuartt Corder programmatic invited
11:25 The ALMA Frontend Giorgio Siringo programmatic invited
11:50 The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030 Gie Han Tan programmatic invited
12:15 Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA Tony Mroczkowski programmatic contributed
12:30 Discussion (lead: John Carpenter) John Carpenter

Convener: Giorgio Siringo (-)

13:50 → 14:15 Introduction/Overview: The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030

Day 1: Introduction
11:00 Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond Stuartt Corder programmatic invited
11:25 The ALMA Frontend Giorgio Siringo programmatic invited
11:50 The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030 Gie Han Tan programmatic invited
12:15 Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA Tony Mroczkowski programmatic contributed
12:30 Discussion (lead: John Carpenter) John Carpenter

Convener: Gie Han Tan (-)

14:15 → 14:30 Introduction/Overview: Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA

Day 1: Introduction
11:00 Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond Stuartt Corder programmatic invited
11:25 The ALMA Frontend Giorgio Siringo programmatic invited
11:50 The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030 Gie Han Tan programmatic invited
12:15 Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA Tony Mroczkowski programmatic contributed
12:30 Discussion (lead: John Carpenter) John Carpenter

Convener: Tony Mroczkowski (-)

14:30 → 15:00 Introduction/Overview: Discussion (lead: John Carpenter)

Day 1: Introduction
11:00 Preparing ALMA for the next decade and beyond Stuartt Corder programmatic invited
11:25 The ALMA Frontend Giorgio Siringo programmatic invited
11:50 The ALMA Signal Chain Working Group: bridging the gap between Frontends and Correlator for ALMA 2030 Gie Han Tan programmatic invited
12:15 Sensitivity and a Wideband Metric for ALMA Tony Mroczkowski programmatic contributed
12:30 Discussion (lead: John Carpenter) John Carpenter

Convener: John Carpenter (-)

Tuesday, 28 September

13:00 → 13:05 Receiver optics: Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity

Day 2.1: Receiver optics

11:00 Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity Bill Dent programmatic contributed
11:05 Development of complex permittivity measurement system Ryo Sakai contributed
11:10 Development of receiver optics components using AM technology Keiko Kaneko 1-2? invited
11:15 Development of silicon vacuum windows Shohei Ezaki 9-10 contributed
11:20 Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope Yasumasa Yamasaki 2-3 contributed
11:30 Discussion Martina Wiedner invited

Convener: Bill Dent (-)

13:05 → 13:10 Receiver optics: Development of complex permittivity measurement system

Day 2.1: Receiver optics

11:00 Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity Bill Dent programmatic contributed
11:05 Development of complex permittivity measurement system Ryo Sakai contributed
11:10 Development of receiver optics components using AM technology Keiko Kaneko 1-2? invited
11:15 Development of silicon vacuum windows Shohei Ezaki 9-10 contributed
11:20 Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope Yasumasa Yamasaki 2-3 contributed
11:30 Discussion Martina Wiedner invited

Convener: Ryo Sakai (-)

13:10 → 13:15 Receiver optics: Development of receiver optics components using AM technology

Day 2.1: Receiver optics

11:00 Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity Bill Dent programmatic contributed
11:05 Development of complex permittivity measurement system Ryo Sakai contributed
11:10 Development of receiver optics components using AM technology Keiko Kaneko 1-2? invited
11:15 Development of silicon vacuum windows Shohei Ezaki 9-10 contributed
11:20 Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope Yasumasa Yamasaki 2-3 contributed
11:30 Discussion Martina Wiedner invited

Convener: Keiko Kaneko (-)

13:15 → 13:20 Receiver optics: Development of silicon vacuum windows

Day 2.1: Receiver optics

11:00 Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity Bill Dent programmatic contributed
11:05 Development of complex permittivity measurement system Ryo Sakai contributed
11:10 Development of receiver optics components using AM technology Keiko Kaneko 1-2? invited
11:15 Development of silicon vacuum windows Shohei Ezaki 9-10 contributed
11:20 Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope Yasumasa Yamasaki 2-3 contributed
11:30 Discussion Martina Wiedner invited

Convener: Shohei Ezaki (-)

13:20 → 13:25 Receiver optics: Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope

Day 2.1: Receiver optics

11:00 Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity Bill Dent programmatic contributed
11:05 Development of complex permittivity measurement system Ryo Sakai contributed
11:10 Development of receiver optics components using AM technology Keiko Kaneko 1-2? invited
11:15 Development of silicon vacuum windows Shohei Ezaki 9-10 contributed
11:20 Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope Yasumasa Yamasaki 2-3 contributed
11:30 Discussion Martina Wiedner invited

Convener: Yasumasa Yamasaki

13:25 → 13:55 Receiver optics: Discussion (lead: Martina Wiedner)

Day 2.1: Receiver optics

11:00 Antenna losses and efficiency - 'hidden' contributions to system sensitivity Bill Dent programmatic contributed
11:05 Development of complex permittivity measurement system Ryo Sakai contributed
11:10 Development of receiver optics components using AM technology Keiko Kaneko 1-2? invited
11:15 Development of silicon vacuum windows Shohei Ezaki 9-10 contributed
11:20 Development of new optics for a 7-beam receiver in 72-116 GHz band onboard the Nobeyama 45-m telescope Yasumasa Yamasaki 2-3 contributed
11:30 Discussion Martina Wiedner invited

Convener: Martina Wiedner (-)

13:55 → 14:00 Receivers (MMIC/HEMT): ALMA Band 1 receiver status

Day 2.2: Receivers (MMIC/HEMT)
12:00 ALMA Band 1 receiver status Yau De(Ted) Huang 1 invited
12:05 Band 2 receiver development Pavel Yagoubov 2 invited
12:10 NRC-HAA Cryogenic Radio Receiver Development Sara Salem Hesari 1 invited
12:15 Cryogenic LNA Development at UoM Danielle George 2-7 invited
12:20 Discussion Doug Henke

Convener: Yau De (Ted) Huang (-)

14:00 → 14:05 Receivers (MMIC/HEMT): Band 2 receiver development

Day 2.2: Receivers (MMIC/HEMT)
12:00 ALMA Band 1 receiver status Yau De(Ted) Huang 1 invited
12:05 Band 2 receiver development Pavel Yagoubov 2 invited
12:10 NRC-HAA Cryogenic Radio Receiver Development Sara Salem Hesari 1 invited
12:15 Cryogenic LNA Development at UoM Danielle George 2-7 invited
12:20 Discussion Doug Henke

Convener: Pavel Yagoubov (-)

14:05 → 14:10 Receivers (MMIC/HEMT): NRC-HAA Cryogenic Radio Receiver Development

Day 2.2: Receivers (MMIC/HEMT)
12:00 ALMA Band 1 receiver status Yau De(Ted) Huang 1 invited
12:05 Band 2 receiver development Pavel Yagoubov 2 invited
12:10 NRC-HAA Cryogenic Radio Receiver Development Sara Salem Hesari 1 invited
12:15 Cryogenic LNA Development at UoM Danielle George 2-7 invited
12:20 Discussion Doug Henke

Convener: Sara Hesari Salem (-)

14:10 → 14:15 Receivers (MMIC/HEMT): Cryogenic LNA Development at UoM

Day 2.2: Receivers (MMIC/HEMT)
12:00 ALMA Band 1 receiver status Yau De(Ted) Huang 1 invited
12:05 Band 2 receiver development Pavel Yagoubov 2 invited
12:10 NRC-HAA Cryogenic Radio Receiver Development Sara Salem Hesari 1 invited
12:15 Cryogenic LNA Development at UoM Danielle George 2-7 invited
12:20 Discussion Doug Henke

Convener: Danielle George (-)

14:15 → 14:45 Receivers (MMIC/HEMT): Discussion (lead: Doug Henke)

Day 2.2: Receivers (MMIC/HEMT)
12:00 ALMA Band 1 receiver status Yau De(Ted) Huang 1 invited
12:05 Band 2 receiver development Pavel Yagoubov 2 invited
12:10 NRC-HAA Cryogenic Radio Receiver Development Sara Salem Hesari 1 invited
12:15 Cryogenic LNA Development at UoM Danielle George 2-7 invited
12:20 Discussion Doug Henke

Convener: Doug Henke (-)

Wednesday, 29 September

13:00 → 13:05 Receivers (SIS): Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Takafumi Kojima (-)

13:05 → 13:10 Receivers (SIS): SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Kirill Rudakov (-)

13:10 → 13:15 Receivers (SIS): On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Marian Pospieszalski (-)

13:15 → 13:20 Receivers (SIS): ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Alessandro Navarrini (-)

13:20 → 13:25 Receivers (SIS): ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Kamaljeet Saini (-)

13:25 → 13:30 Receivers (SIS): The status of SIS Process Development at GARD

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Alexey Pavolotsky (-)

13:30 → 13:35 Receivers (SIS): The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Ray Blundell (-)

13:35 → 14:00 Receivers (SIS): Discussion (lead: Neil Phillips)

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Neil Phillips (-)

14:00 → 14:05 Receivers (SIS): 4 - Receivers (SIS): Broad IF band vs. Broad RF Band

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Victor Belitsky

14:05 → 14:10 Receivers (SIS): Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm mm-submm telescope

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Toshikazu Onishi (-)

14:10 → 14:15 Receivers (SIS): Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Jung-Won Lee (-)

14:15 → 14:20 Receivers (SIS): On-going mixer developments at IRAM

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Doris Maier (-)

14:20 → 14:25 Receivers (SIS): Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Anne-Laure Fontana (-)

14:25 → 14:30 Receivers (SIS): Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Ronald Hesper (-)

14:30 → 15:00 Receivers (SIS): Discussion (lead: Kamaljeet Saini)

Day 3: Receivers (SIS)
11:00 Wideband Technology development for ALMA receiver upgrades at NAOJ Takafumi Kojima invited
11:05 SIS based mixers development for radio astronomy Kirill Rudakov 6 contributed
11:10 On Extending the IF Bandwidth of ALMA Band # 6 SIS Mixers Marian Pospieszalski 6 invited
11:15 ALMA Band 6v2 Receiver Upgrade Alessandro Navarrini 6 invited
11:20 ALMA Band 6 Local Oscillator Noise Improvement Kamaljeet Saini 6 contributed
11:25 The status of SIS Process Development at GARD Alexey Pavolotsky 5-9 contributed
11:30 The development of low-noise, wide-band SIS mixer receivers based on a zero-IF architecture. Ray Blundell 5-8 invited
11:35 Discussion Neil Phillips
12:00
Development of a new wideband heterodyne receiver system (RF: 210–375 GHz, IF: 4–21 GHz) for the Osaka 1.85-mm
mm-submm telescope Toshikazu Onishi 6-7 invited
12:05 Development of Band 7+8 Cartridge Receiver Jung-Won Lee 7-8 contributed
12:10 On-going mixer developments at IRAM Doris Maier 2-7 invited
12:15 Dual Band upgrade of NOEMA Receivers Anne-Laure Fontana 2-7 contributed
5 12:20 Developing for ALMA's future at NOVA Ronald Hesper 9 invited
12:25 Calculation and Analysis software for SIS-Mixers Daniele Ronso Lima 9 contributed
12:30 Discussion Kamaljeet Saini

Convener: Kamaljeet Saini (-)

Thursday, 30 September

13:00 → 13:05 Arrays: Design of optical components (for FPAs)

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Sabrina Realini (-)

13:05 → 13:10 Arrays: Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Haoran Kang (-)

13:10 → 13:15 Arrays: Focal plane array concept for ALMA

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Doug Henke (-)

13:15 → 13:20 Arrays: Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Netty Honingh (-)

13:20 → 13:25 Arrays: Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Martina Wiedner (-)

13:25 → 13:30 Arrays: Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Rodrigo Reeves (-)

13:30 → 13:35 Arrays: Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Wenlei Shan (-)

13:35 → 14:10 Arrays: Discussion (lead: Crystal Brogan)

Day 4.1: Arrays
11:00 Design of optical components (for FPAs) Sabrina Realini FPA invited
11:05 Preliminary optics investigation for ALMA multibeam receiver Haoran Kang FPA contributed
11:10 Focal plane array concept for ALMA Doug Henke FPA invited
11:15 Development of a 2 x 64 pixel heterodyne focal plane array receiver for the 450-500 GHz and 800-820 GHz bands Netty Honingh FPA invited
11:20 Heterodyne Array Receivers for Space and Ground Based Applications Martina Wiedner FPA invited
11:25 Development of hybrid technology (InP/Si) integrated modules for future mm-wave arrays Rodrigo Reeves FPA contributed
11:30 Demonstration of a Millimeter-wave Multibeam Receiver Implemented with Superconducting MMICs Wenlei Shan FPA invited
11:35 Discussion Ciska Kemper

Convener: Crystal Brogan

14:10 → 14:15 Beyond 2030: Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for Radio Astronomy

Day 4.2: Beyond 2030
12:10 Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for Radio Astronomy Fausto Mena invited
12:15 ALMA 2030 and beyond: front end technology improvement. Andrey Baryshev contributed
12:20 Development of a multiband heterodyne receiver with 49 GHz of instantaneous IF Bandwidth David Monasterio invited
12:25 Discussion Tony Mroczkowski

Convener: Fausto Mena (-)

14:15 → 14:20 Beyond 2030: ALMA 2030 and beyond: front end technology improvement

Day 4.2: Beyond 2030
12:10 Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for Radio Astronomy Fausto Mena invited
12:15 ALMA 2030 and beyond: front end technology improvement. Andrey Baryshev contributed
12:20 Development of a multiband heterodyne receiver with 49 GHz of instantaneous IF Bandwidth David Monasterio invited
12:25 Discussion Tony Mroczkowski

Convener: Andrey Baryshev (-)

14:20 → 14:25 Beyond 2030: Development of a multiband heterodyne receiver with 49 GHz of instantaneous IF Bandwidth

Day 4.2: Beyond 2030
12:10 Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for Radio Astronomy Fausto Mena invited
12:15 ALMA 2030 and beyond: front end technology improvement. Andrey Baryshev contributed
12:20 Development of a multiband heterodyne receiver with 49 GHz of instantaneous IF Bandwidth David Monasterio invited
12:25 Discussion Tony Mroczkowski

Convener: David Monasterio (-)

14:25 → 14:55 Beyond 2030: Discussion (lead: Tony Mroczkowski)

Day 4.2: Beyond 2030
12:10 Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers for Radio Astronomy Fausto Mena invited
12:15 ALMA 2030 and beyond: front end technology improvement. Andrey Baryshev contributed
12:20 Development of a multiband heterodyne receiver with 49 GHz of instantaneous IF Bandwidth David Monasterio invited
12:25 Discussion Tony Mroczkowski

Convener: Tony Mroczkowski (-)