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Sam Rowe  PhD

Mr Sam Rowe

(he/him)

PhD

Research Associate
Astronomy Instrumentation Group
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology

School of Physics and Astronomy

Email
RoweS@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29225 10047
Campuses
Queen's Buildings - North Building, Room N/-0.44 , 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
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Welsh speaking

Overview

I develop ultra-sensitive detector systems for observations in the millimetre and submillimetre range of the electromagnetic spectrum. My main focus has been on the electronic readout and characterisation of increasingly large arrays of superconducting kinetic inductance detectors.

Recently, I have enjoyed collaborating with researchers from the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica in Mexico to build MUSCAT, a 1500 pixel receiver soon to be installed at the 50m Large Millimetre Telescope Alfonso Serrano for observations of the local and extragalactic 1.1mm continuum.

I continue to support Sequestim Ltd., a spinout company that was formed to commercialise the terahertz imaging technology developed by myself and others within the instrumentation group.

Publication

2020

  • Brien, T. et al. 2020. Pre-deployment verification and predicted mapping speed of MUSCAT. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, Vol. 11453. SPIE pp. 1145303., (10.1117/12.2561305)
  • Tapia, M. et al. 2020. MUSCAT focal plane verification. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X;, Vol. 11453. SPIE pp. 1145309., (10.1117/12.2576219)
  • Gómez-Rivera, V. et al. 2020. Design and characterization of the MUSCAT detectors. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, Vol. 11453. SPIE pp. 114531Q., (10.1117/12.2576334)

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Articles

Conferences

  • Brien, T. et al. 2020. Pre-deployment verification and predicted mapping speed of MUSCAT. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, Vol. 11453. SPIE pp. 1145303., (10.1117/12.2561305)
  • Tapia, M. et al. 2020. MUSCAT focal plane verification. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X;, Vol. 11453. SPIE pp. 1145309., (10.1117/12.2576219)
  • Gómez-Rivera, V. et al. 2020. Design and characterization of the MUSCAT detectors. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, Vol. 11453. SPIE pp. 114531Q., (10.1117/12.2576334)
  • Brien, T. et al. 2018. MUSCAT: The Mexico-UK Sub-Millimetre Camera for AsTronomy. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, TX, USA, 10-15 June 2018 Presented at Zmuidzinas, J. and Gao, J. eds.Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, Vol. 10708. SPIE, (10.1117/12.2313697)

Thesis

Biography

2015 - Present:Research Associate, School of Physics and Astronomy.
2011 - 2015:PhD, Submillimetre Instrumentation, Cardiff University.
2010 - 2011:Research Assistant, QMC Instruments Ltd.
2005 - 2010:MPhys (Hons) Astrophysics, Cardiff University.