Computer Science
Scientific paper
Feb 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aipc..605..203l&link_type=abstract
LOW TEMPERATURE DETECTORS: Ninth International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 605, p
Computer Science
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X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Superconducting Optical, X-Ray, And Gamma-Ray Detectors
Scientific paper
We are developing X-ray calorimeters to meet the specifications of the Constellation-X mission. Each calorimeter consists of a transition-edge-sensor (TES) thermometer, which is suspended on a silicon-nitride membrane. Our TES thermometers are Mo/Au bilayer films that are biased in the sharp phase transition between the superconducting and normal-metal states. These calorimeters have demonstrated very good energy resolutions: 2.4 eV at 1.5 keV and 3.7 eV at 3.3 keV. The energy resolutions are limited by thermal noise and Johnson noise (which are intrinsic to any resistive calorimeter) plus excess noise. The excess noise, which is several times larger than the Johnson noise, is consistent with frequency-independent voltage noise in the TES. Detailed measurements of one Mo/Au TES demonstrate that the excess noise is independent of the voltage applied to the TES over a range of biases at the same TES resistance. The magnitude of the excess noise is smallest at the high-resistance end of the phase transition. We also compared noise in square Mo/Au TES's ranging in size from 300 microns to 600 microns to learn how the excess noise is affected by the geometry of the TES. .
Brekosky Regis P.
Figueroa-Feliciano Enectali
Finkbeiner Fred M.
Li Mary
Lindeman Mark A.
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