  We are developing superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors to
operate at near infrared and optical wavelengths for astronomy. In order to
efficiently meet with the requirements of astronomical applications, we propose
to replace the interdigitated capacitor by a metal, insulator, metal capacitor
which has the advantage of presenting a larger capacitance value within a much
smaller space. The pixel will occupy a space of typically 100 micrometers by 85
micrometers which is nine times less than a typical pixel size using the
interdigitated capacitor operating at the same frequency, below 2 GHz.
