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Feb 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aipc..605..309m&link_type=abstract
LOW TEMPERATURE DETECTORS: Ninth International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 605, p
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Superconducting Device Characterization, Design, And Modeling, Signal Processing Electronics
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We are starting to investigate a novel multiplexable readout method that can be applied to a large class of superconducting pair-breaking detectors. This readout method is completely different from those currently used with STJ and TES detectors, and in principle could deliver large pixel counts, high sensitivity, and Fano-limited spectral resolution. The readout is based on the fact that the kinetic surface inductance Ls of a superconductor is a function of the density of quasiparticles n, even at temperatures far below Tc. An efficient way to measure changes in the kinetic inductance is to monitor the transmission phase of a resonant circuit. By working at microwave frequencies and using thin films, the kinetic inductance can be a significant part of the total inductance L, and the volume of the inductor can be made quite small, on the order of 1 μm3. As is done with other superconducting detectors, trapping could be used to concentrate the quasiparticles into the small volume of the inductor. However, the most intriguing aspect of the concept is that passive frequency multiplexing could be used to read out ~103 detectors with a single HEMT amplifier. .
Day Peter K.
Leduc Henry G.
Mazin Benjamin A.
Zmuidzinas Jonas
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