Ultra-low-noise MoCu transition edge sensors for space applications
Ultra-low-noise MoCu transition edge sensors for space applications
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适用于太空应用的超低噪声 MoCu 过渡边缘传感器
DOI:
10.1063/1.3561432
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
S. Withington
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作者:
D. Goldie;A. Velichko;D. Glowacka;S. Withington
A study of ultra-low-noise MoCu transition edge sensors (TESs) has been performed in the context of realizing the highly sensitive far infrared imaging arrays needed for the next generation of space telescopes. More than 50 TESs, on four different chips, cut out of two different wafers were characterized. The TESs were in the form of 16-element arrays and were read out using superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) time division multiplexing. The devices were fabricated on 200-nm-thick silicon nitride membranes, with leg widths and lengths covering the ranges of 1–4 μm and 160–960 μm, respectively. The apparent critical temperatures varied over 110–127 mK, but it is shown that much of the variation was due to differential loading by stray light, amounting to 2 ± 2 fW across the array. The measured thermal conductances to the heat bath spanned the range 0.12–1.1 pW/K, with the lowest values being typical of those needed for ultra-low-noise operation. We also studied the inherent variation in the...
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