A simulation suite for readout with SMuRF tone-tracking electronics

Cyndia Yu; Zeeshan Ahmed; J. Mitch D'Ewart; Josef C. Frisch; Shawn W. Henderson; Maximiliano Silva-Feaver

doi:10.1117/12.2629718

31 August 2022 A simulation suite for readout with SMuRF tone-tracking electronics

Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, J. Mitch D'Ewart, Josef C. Frisch, Shawn W. Henderson, Maximiliano Silva-Feaver

Proceedings Volume 12190, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI; 121900V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629718
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Abstract

We present the details of a simulation suite for modeling the effects of readout with SLAC Microresonator RF (SMuRF) electronics. The SMuRF electronics are a warm readout and control system for use with superconducting microwave resonator-based detector systems. The system has been used with the BICEP/Keck program and will be used on the upcoming Simons Observatory and BICEP Array experiments. This simulation suite is a software implementation of the main SMuRF algorithms for offline analysis, modeling, and study. The firmware-implemented algorithms for calibration, resonator frequency estimation, and tone tracking present sources of potential bias or errors if not modeled properly. The simulator takes as input true detector signal, realistic resonator properties, and SMuRF-related user-controlled readout settings. It returns the final flux ramp-demodulated output of a detector timestream as would be passed to the experiment data acquisition system, enabling the analysis of the impact of readout-related parameters on the final science data. It is publicly available in Python with accompanying Jupyter notebooks for user tutorials.

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Cyndia Yu, Zeeshan Ahmed, J. Mitch D'Ewart, Josef C. Frisch, Shawn W. Henderson, and Maximiliano Silva-Feaver "A simulation suite for readout with SMuRF tone-tracking electronics", Proc. SPIE 12190, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI, 121900V (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629718

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