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In recent years, the progress on low temperature detector technologies has allowed design of large scale experiments aiming at pushing down the sensitivity on the neutrino mass below 1\,eV. Even with outstanding performances in both energy…

Significant advancements have been made in understanding the physics of transition-edge sensors (TESs) over the past decade. However, key questions remain, particularly a detailed understanding of the current-dependent resistance of these…

The superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) is a critical technology for next-generation X-ray spectrometers, known for its exceptional energy resolution. In the last decade, TESs based on AlMn alloy films have been extensively used in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-13 Liangpeng Xie , Yifei Zhang , Zhengwei Li , Zhouhui Liu , Shibo Shu , Junjie Zhou , Xufang Li , Haoyu Li , He Gao , Yudong Gu , Xuefeng Lu , Yong Zhao , Congzhan Liu

Advances in cryogenic electron microscopy have opened new avenues for probing quantum phenomena in correlated materials. This study reports the installation and performance of a new side-entry condenZero cryogenic cooling system for JEOL…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-30 Young-Hoon Kim , Fehmi Sami Yasin , Na Yeon Kim , Max Birch , Xiuzhen Yu , Akiko Kikkawa , Yasujiro Taguchi , Jiaqiang Yan , Miaofang Chi

This review presents an overview of the thermal properties of mesoscopic structures. The discussion is based on the concept of electron energy distribution, and, in particular, on controlling and probing it. The temperature of an electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Francesco Giazotto , Tero T. Heikkila , Arttu Luukanen , Alexander M. Savin , Jukka P. Pekola

Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) carried by X-ray telescopes are powerful tools for the study of neutron stars and black holes. Several methods, such as optimal filtering or principal component analysis, have already been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-12 Paul Ripoche , Jeremy Heyl

Different terrestrial terahertz applications would benefit from large-format arrays, operating in compact and inexpensive cryocoolers at liquid helium temperature with sensitivity, limited by the 300-K background radiation only. A…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-03 Artem Kuzmin , Steffen Doerner , Stefan Singer , Ilya Charaev , Konstantin Ilin , Stefan Wuensch , Michael Siegel

We propose to operate a superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) using a different type of biasing, in which the resistance of the TES is kept constant by means of feedback on the bias voltage and is independent of the incoming signal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 Jan van der Kuur , Mikko Kiviranta

This paper analyzes a transient method for the characterization of low-resistance thermal interfaces of microelectronic packages. The transient method can yield additional information about the package not available with traditional static…

General Physics · Physics 2008-01-08 B. Smith , T. Brunschwiler , B. Michel

At Argonne National Laboratory, we are developing hard X-ray (2 to 20 keV) Transition Edge Sensor (TES) arrays for beamline science. The significantly improved energy resolution provided by superconducting detectors compared to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-02 T. Guruswamy , L. Gades , A. Miceli , U. Patel , O. Quaranta

The bilayers of Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) are often modified with additional normal-metal features such as bars or dots. Previous device measurements suggest that these features improve performance, reducing electrical noise and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Rebecca C. Harwin , David J. Goldie , Stafford Withington

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) offers a valuable approach in searching for physics beyond the Standard Model. The Ricochet experiment aims to perform a precision measurement of the CE$\nu$NS spectrum at the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-21 R. Chen , H. Douglas Pinckney , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , Z. Hong , B. Schmidt

Experimental searches for axions or dark photons that couple to the standard model photon require photosensors with low noise, broadband sensitivity, and near zero backgrounds. Here, we introduce an experimental architecture, in which a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-30 Roger K. Romani , Yen-Yung Chang , Rupak Mahapatra , Mark Platt , Maggie Reed , Ivar Rydstrom , Bernard Sadoulet , Bruno Serfass , Matt Pyle

In this letter, we present the performance of a $100~\mu\mathrm{m}\times 400~\mu\mathrm{m} \times 40~\mathrm{nm}$ tungsten (W) Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) with a critical temperature of 40 mK. This device has a measured noise equivalent…

Understanding heat transport at the nanometer scale is critical for semiconductor devices, quantum materials, and thermal management of nanostructures, yet direct local measurements of thermal conductivity and heat capacity remain scarce.…

We describe a process route to fabricate arrays of Ultra-low-Noise MoAu Transition Edge Sensors (TESs). The low thermal conductance required for space applications is achieved using 200 nm-thick Silicon Nitride (SiNx ) patterned to form…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-01-13 D. M. Glowacka , M. Crane , D. J. Goldie , S. Withington

Transition Edge Sensors are ultra-sensitive superconducting detectors with applications in many areas of research, including astrophysics. The device consists of a superconducting thin film, often with additional normal metal features, held…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-18 R. C. Harwin , D. J. Goldie , S. Withington , P. Khosropanah , L. Gottardi , J. -R. Gao

We present the electro-thermal characterization of transition-edge sensor (TES) detectors suspended on Si membranes fabricated using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. The use of an all-silicon fabrication platform, in contrast to the more…

We have fabricated multilayer readout wiring Transition Edge Sensors (TES), which enable us to realize both large effective area and high-energy resolution for future X-ray astrophysical missions, such as DIOS. By sandwiching a SiO2…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-04 Shin'ya Yamada , Y. Ezoe , Y. Ishisaki , T. Ohashi , N. Iijima , K. Mitsuda , K. Nagayoshi , H. Akamatsu , T. Morooka , K. Tanaka

Emission of blackbody emission from the meltpool and surrounding area in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) makes this process visible to a range of optical monitoring instruments intended for online process and quality control. Yet, these…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-13 Ryan W. Penny , A. John Hart