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TiAu TES 32$\times$32 pixel array: uniformity, thermal crosstalk and performance at different X-ray energies

Large format arrays of transition edge sensor (TES) are crucial for the next generation of X-ray space observatories. Such arrays are required to achieve an energy resolution of $\mathrm{\Delta}E<$3 eV full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-22 E. Taralli , M. D'Andrea , L. Gottardi , K. Nagayoshi , M. Ridder , S. Visser , M. de Wit , D. Vaccaro , H. Akamatsu , K. Ravensberg , R. Hoogeveen , M. Bruijn , J. R. Gao

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the SPIDER-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne SPIDER instrument. These FPUs are vital to SPIDER's primary science goal of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 A. S. Bergman , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. A. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , R. S Domagalski , O. Doré , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , A. Grigorian , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Khan , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. Ullom , J. F. van der List , J. Van Lanen , M. R. Vissers , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

A Transition-edge Sensor-based X-ray Spectrometer for the Study of Highly Charged Ions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Electron Beam Ion Trap

We report on the design, commissioning, and initial measurements of a Transition-edge Sensor (TES) x-ray spectrometer for the Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Over the past few…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-13 P. Szypryt , G. C. O'Neil , E. Takacs , J. N. Tan , S. W. Buechele , A. S. Naing , D. A. Bennett , W. B. Doriese , M. Durkin , J. W. Fowler , J. D. Gard , G. C. Hilton , K. M. Morgan , C. D. Reintsema , D. R. Schmidt , D. S. Swetz , J. N. Ullom , Yu. Ralchenko

Optimal operation of transition-edge sensors on ballistic membranes

We calculate the operating parameters of a transition edge sensor that is mounted on a thin dielectric membrane with the assumption that the phononic heat transport in the membrane is ballistic. Our treatment uses the correct phonon modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Kühn , I. J. Maasilta

Frequency Response Analysis of Backside Illuminated Free-Membrane Type IR Superconducting Bolometer

The IR response of a backside illuminated type Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (YBCO) transition-edge bolometer (TEB) in a free-membrane configuration is measured and analyzed. The analysis is based on a comprehensive equivalent circuit model…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-08-30 Roya Mohajeri , Seyed Iman Mirzaei , Mehdi Fardmanesh

Development of the characterization methods without electrothermal feedback for TES bolometers for CMB measurements

Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers are used for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations. We used a testbed to evaluate the thermal performance of TES bolometers in regard to the saturation power Psat and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Yume Nishinomiya , Akito Kusaka , Kenji Kiuchi , Tomoki Terasaki , Johannes Hubmayr , Adrian Lee , Heather McCarrick , Aritoki Suzuki , Benjamin Westbrook

Measurements of E-Mode Polarization and Temperature-E-Mode Correlation in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We present measurements of $E$-mode polarization and temperature-$E$-mode correlation in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using data from the first season of observations with SPTpol, the polarization-sensitive receiver currently…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. T. Crites , J. W. Henning , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , T. M. Crawford , T. De Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J Gallicchio , J. Gao , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , D. Hanson , N. Harrington , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , C. Liang , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , L. Mocanu , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , O. Zahn

The Cosmic Foreground Explorer (COFE): A balloon-borne microwave polarimeter to characterize polarized foregrounds

The COsmic Foreground Explorer (COFE) is a balloon-borne microwave polarime- ter designed to measure the low-frequency and low-l characteristics of dominant diffuse polarized foregrounds. Short duration balloon flights from the Northern and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Rodrigo Leonardi , Brian Williams , Marco Bersanelli , Ivan Ferreira , Philip M. Lubin , Peter R. Meinhold , Hugh O'Neill , Nathan C. Stebor , Fabrizio Villa , Thyrso Villela , Carlos A. Wuensche

Indication for dominating surface absorption in crystalline silicon test masses at 1550nm

The sensitivity of future gravitational wave (GW) observatories will be limited by thermal noise in a wide frequency band. To reduce thermal noise, the European GW observatory Einstein GW Telescope (ET) is suggested to use crystalline…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-15 Alexander Khalaidovski , Jessica Steinlechner , Roman Schnabel

Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Focal Plane

The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each multichroic pixel on a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-10 Zhaodi Pan , Peter Ade , Zeeshan Ahmed , Anderson Adam , Jason Austermann , Jessica Avva , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Bender Amy , Bradford Benson , John Carlstrom , Faustin Carter , Thomas Cecil , Clarence Chang , Jean-Francois Cliche , Ariel Cukierman , Edward Denison , Tijmen de Haan , Junjia Ding , Matt Dobbs , Daniel Dutcher , Wendeline Everett , Allen Foster , Renae Gannon , Adam Gilbert , John Groh , Nils Halverson , Angelina Harke-Horsemann , Nicholas Harrington , Jaosn Henning , Gene Hilton , William Holzapfel , Nicholas Huang , Kent Irwin , Oliver Jeong , Michalle Jonas , Trupti Khaire , Anna Kofman , Milo Korman , Donna Kubik , Steve Kuhlmann , Chaolin Kuo , Adrian Lee , Amy Lowitz , Stephan Meyer , Daniel Michalik , Joshua Montgomery , Andrew Nadolski , Tyler Natoli , Hogan Nguyen , Gavin Noble , Valentyn Novosad , Stephan Padin , John Pearson , Chrystian Posada , Alexandra Rahlin , John Ruhl , Lauren Saunders , James Sayre , Ian Shirley , Erik Shirokoff , Graeme Smecher , Joshua Sobrin , Antony Stark , Kyle Story , Aritoki Suzuki , Qingyang Tang , Keith Thompson , Carole Tucker , Leila Vale , Keith Vanderlinde , Joaquin Vieira , Gensheng Wang , Nathan Whitehorn , Volodymyr Yefremenko , Ki Won Yoon , Matt Young

Angular and Polarization Response of Multimode Sensors with Resistive-Grid Absorbers

High sensitivity receiver systems with near ideal polarization sensitivity are highly desirable for development of millimeter and sub-millimeter radio astronomy. Multimoded bolometers provide a unique solution to achieve such sensitivity,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-10 Akito Kusaka , Edward J. Wollack , Thomas R. Stevenson

A Comparison of Fundamental Noise in Kinetic Inductance Detectors and Transition Edge Sensors for Millimeter-wave Applications

Kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) show promise as a competitive technology for astronomical observations over a wide range of wavelengths. We are interested in comparing the fundamental limitations to the sensitivity of KIDs with that of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 A. E. Lowitz , E. M. Barrentine , S. R. Golwala , P. T. Timbie

Simulation and measurement of Black Body Radiation background in a Transition Edge Sensor

The Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) experiment at DESY, Hamburg, is a Light-Shining-through-a-Wall (LSW) experiment aiming to probe the existence of axions and axion-like particles (ALPs), which are candidates for dark matter. Data…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-05 José Alejandro Rubiera Gimeno , Katharina-Sophie Isleif , Friederike Januschek , Axel Lindner , Manuel Meyer , Gulden Othman , Elmeri Rivasto , Rikhav Shah , Christina Schwemmbauer

The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiment

We present an overview of the design and status of the \Pb-2 and the Simons Array experiments. \Pb-2 is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment which aims to characterize the arc-minute angular scale B-mode signal from weak…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 A. Suzuki , P. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , B. Barch , D. Barron , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dunner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , G. Fuller , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. De Haan , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , W. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , F. Irie , G. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , O. Jeong , N. Katayama , J. Kaufman , K. Kazemzadeh , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , K. Mizukami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , G. Rebeiz , C. Raum , C. Reichardt , P. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , Y. Segawa , B. Sherwin , I. Shirley , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , A. Tikhomirov , T. Tomaru , B. Westbrook , N. Whitehorn , T. Yamashita , A. Zahn , O. Zahn

Conceptual Design of the Modular Detector and Readout System for the CMB-S4 survey experiment

We present the conceptual design of the modular detector and readout system for the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4) ground-based survey experiment. CMB-S4 will map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the millimeter-wave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-05 D. R. Barron , Z. Ahmed , J. Aguilar , A. J. Anderson , C. F. Baker , P. S. Barry , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , R. W. Besuner , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , S. C. Chapman , G. E. Chesmore , G. Derylo , W. B. Doriese , S. M. Duff , T. Elleflot , J. P. Filippini , B. Flaugher , J. G. Gomez , P. K. Grimes , R. Gualtieri , I. Gullett , G. Haller , S. W. Henderson , D. Henke , R. Herbst , A. I. Huber , J. Hubmayr , M. Jonas , J. Joseph , C. L. King , J. M. Kovac , D. Kubik , M. Lisovenko , J. J. McMahon , L. Moncelsi , J. M. Nagy , B. Osherson , B. Reese , J. E. Ruhl , L. Sapozhnikov , A. Schillaci , S. M. Simon , A. Suzuki , G. Wang , B. Westbrook , V. Yefremenko , J. Zhang

Multi-chroic dual-polarization bolometric detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We are developing multi-chroic antenna-coupled TES detectors for CMB polarimetry. Multi-chroic detectors increase the mapping speed per focal plane area and provide greater discrimination of polarized galactic foregrounds with no increase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-01 Aritoki Suzuki , Kam Arnold , Jennifer Edwards , Greg Engargiola , Adnan Ghribi , William Holzapfel , Adrian T. Lee , Xiao Fan Meng , Michael J. Myers , Roger O'Brient , Erin Quealy , Gabriel Rebeiz , Paul Richards , Darin Rosen , Praween Siritanasak

The GlueX Beamline and Detector

The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab has been designed to study photoproduction reactions with a 9-GeV linearly polarized photon beam. The energy and arrival time of beam photons are tagged using a scintillator hodoscope and a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-17 S. Adhikari , C. S. Akondi , H. Al Ghoul , A. Ali , M. Amaryan , E. G. Anassontzis , A. Austregesilo , F. Barbosa , J. Barlow , A. Barnes , E. Barriga , R. Barsotti , T. D. Beattie , J. Benesch , V. V. Berdnikov , G. Biallas , T. Black , W. Boeglin , P. Brindza , W. J. Briscoe , T. Britton , J. Brock , W. K. Brooks , B. E. Cannon , C. Carlin , D. S. Carman , T. Carstens , N. Cao , O. Chernyshov , E. Chudakov , S. Cole , O. Cortes , W. D. Crahen , V. Crede , M. M. Dalton , T. Daniels , A. Deur , C. Dickover , S. Dobbs , A. Dolgolenko , R. Dotel , M. Dugger , R. Dzhygadlo , A. Dzierba , H. Egiyan , T. Erbora , A. Ernst , P. Eugenio , C. Fanelli , S. Fegan , A. M. Foda , J. Foote , J. Frye , S. Furletov , L. Gan , A. Gasparian , A. Gerasimov , N. Gevorgyan , C. Gleason , K. Goetzen , A. Goncalves V. S. Goryachev , L. Guo , H. Hakobyan , A. Hamdi , J. Hardin , C. L. Henschel , G. M. Huber , C. Hutton , A. Hurley , P. Ioannou , D. G. Ireland , M. M. Ito , N. S. Jarvis , R. T. Jones , V. Kakoyan , S. Katsaganis , G. Kalicy , M. Kamel , C. D. Keith , F. J. Klein , R. Kliemt , D. Kolybaba , C. Kourkoumelis , S. T. Krueger , S. Kuleshov , I. Larin , D. Lawrence , J. P. Leckey , D. I. Lersch , B. D. Leverington , W. I. Levine , W. Li , B. Liu , K. Livingston , G. J. Lolos , V. Lyubovitskij , D. Mack , H. Marukyan , P. T. Mattione , V. Matveev , M. McCaughan , M. McCracken , W. McGinley , J. McIntyre , D. Meekins , R. Mendez , C. A. Meyer , R. Miskimen , R. E. Mitchell , F. Mokaya , K. Moriya , F. Nerling , L. Ng , H. Ni , A. I. Ostrovidov , Z. Papandreou , M. Patsyuk , C. Paudel , P. Pauli , R. Pedroni , L. Pentchev , K. J. Peters , W. Phelps , J. Pierce , E. Pooser , V. Popov , B. Pratt , Y. Qiang , N. Qin , V. Razmyslovich , J. Reinhold , B. G. Ritchie , J. Ritman , L. Robison , D. Romanov , C. Romero , C. Salgado , N. Sandoval , T. Satogata , A. M. Schertz , S. Schadmand , A. Schick , R. A. Schumacher , C. Schwarz , J. Schwiening , A. Yu. Semenov , I. A. Semenova , K. K. Seth , X. Shen , M. R. Shepherd , E. S. Smith , D. I. Sober , A. Somov , S. Somov , O. Soto , N. Sparks , M. J. Staib , C. Stanislav , J. R. Stevens , J. Stewart , I. I. Strakovsky , B. C. L. Summner , K. Suresh , V. V. Tarasov , S. Taylor , L. A. Teigrob , A. Teymurazyan , A. Thiel , I. Tolstukhin , A. Tomaradze , A. Toro , A. Tsaris , Y. Van Haarlem , G. Vasileiadis , I. Vega , G. Visser , G. Voulgaris , N. K. Walford , D. Werthmüller , T. Whitlatch , N. Wickramaarachchi , M. Williams , E. Wolin , T. Xiao , Y. Yang , J. Zarling , Z. Zhang , Q. Zhou , X. Zhou , B. Zihlmann

Thermoelectric bolometers based on ultra-thin heavily doped single-crystal silicon membranes

We present ultra-thin silicon membrane thermocouple bolometers suitable for fast and sensitive detection of low levels of thermal power and infrared radiation at room temperature. The devices are based on 40 nm-thick strain tuned single…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-11 Andrey V. Timofeev , Aapo Varpula , Andrey Shchepetov , Kestutis Grigoras , Juha Hassel , Jouni Ahopelto , Markku Ylilammi , Mika Prunnila

Lithographic integration of TES microcalorimeters with SQUID multiplexer circuits for large format spectrometers

Arrays of hundreds or thousands of low temperature detectors have been deployed for many experiments, both bolometers for long wavelength applications and calorimeters for shorter wavelength applications. One challenge that is common to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-23 Robinjeet Singh , Avirup Roy , Daniel Becker , Johnathan D. Gard , Mark W. Keller , John A. B. Mates , Kelsey M. Morgan , Nathan J. Ortiz , Daniel R. Schmidt , Daniel S. Swetz , Joel N. Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Michael Vissers , Galen C. O'Neil , Joel C. Weber

Monolayer graphene bolometer as a sensitive far-IR detector

In this paper we give a detailed analysis of the expected sensitivity and operating conditions in the power detection mode of a hot-electron bolometer (HEB) made from a few {\mu}m$^2$ of monolayer graphene (MLG) flake which can be embedded…

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