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High-Frequency Noise Peaks in Mo/Au Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeters

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The measured noise in Mo/Au transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters produced at NASA has recently been shown to be well described by a two-body electro-thermal model with a finite thermal conductance between the X-ray absorber and the TES. In this article, we present observations of a high-frequency peak in the measured current noise in some of these devices. The peak is associated with an oscillatory component of the TES response that is not predicted in a single-body model but can be qualitatively described by the two-body model.

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The authors wish to thank NASA’s Astrophysics Division for their generous support of this work. This work was performed in part under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

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  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    N. A. Wakeham, J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, S. Beaumont, M. P. Chang, J. A. Chervenak, A. M. Datesman, F. M. Finkbeiner, J. Y. Ha, R. Hummatov, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, A. R. Miniussi, F. S. Porter, J. E. Sadleir, K. Sakai, S. J. Smith & E. J. Wassell

  2. CRESST II – University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, 21250, USA

    N. A. Wakeham, J. S. Adams, S. Beaumont, R. Hummatov, A. R. Miniussi, K. Sakai & S. J. Smith

  3. Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), 10210 Greenbelt Rd, Lanham, MD, 20706, USA

    M. P. Chang, A. M. Datesman & E. J. Wassell

  4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA, 94550, USA

    M. E. Eckart

  5. Sigma Space Corp., 4600 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD, 20706, USA

    F. M. Finkbeiner

  6. SB Microsystems, 806 Cromwell Park Dr, Glen Burnie, MD, 21061, USA

    J. Y. Ha

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Wakeham, N.A., Adams, J.S., Bandler, S.R. et al. High-Frequency Noise Peaks in Mo/Au Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeters. J Low Temp Phys 200, 192–199 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-019-02322-3

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