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Journal of Low Temperature Physics

, Volume 176, Issue 3–4, pp 383–391 | Cite as

A Study of Al–Mn Transition Edge Sensor Engineering for Stability

  • E. M. GeorgeEmail author
  • J. E. Austermann
  • J. A. Beall
  • D. Becker
  • B. A. Benson
  • L. E. Bleem
  • J. E. Carlstrom
  • C. L. Chang
  • H.-M. Cho
  • A. T. Crites
  • M. A. Dobbs
  • W. Everett
  • N. W. Halverson
  • J. W. Henning
  • G. C. Hilton
  • W. L. Holzapfel
  • J. Hubmayr
  • K. D. Irwin
  • D. Li
  • M. Lueker
  • J. J. McMahon
  • J. Mehl
  • J. Montgomery
  • T. Natoli
  • J. P. Nibarger
  • M. D. Niemack
  • V. Novosad
  • J. E. Ruhl
  • J. T. Sayre
  • E. Shirokoff
  • K. T. Story
  • G. Wang
  • V. Yefremenko
  • K. W. Yoon
  • E. Young
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Abstract

The stability of Al–Mn transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers is studied as we vary the engineered TES transition, heat capacity, and/or coupling between the heat capacity and TES. We present thermal structure measurements of each of the 39 designs tested. The data is accurately fit by a two-body bolometer model, which allows us to extract the basic TES parameters that affect device stability. We conclude that parameters affecting device stability can be engineered for optimal device operation, and present the model parameters extracted for the different TES designs.

Keywords

TES Frequency domain multiplexing Stability Bolometer Al–Mn 
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Acknowledgments

Work at the University of Colorado is supported by the NSF through grant AST-0705302. Work at NIST is supported by the NIST Innovations in Measurement Science program. The McGill authors acknowledge funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and Canada Research Chairs program. MD acknowledges support from an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Work at the University of Chicago is supported by grants from the NSF (awards ANT-0638937 and PHY-0114422), the Kavli Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Work at Argonne National Lab is supported by UChicago Argonne, LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne). Argonne, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Laboratory, is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. We acknowledge support from the Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • E. M. George
    • 1
    Email author
  • J. E. Austermann
    • 2
  • J. A. Beall
    • 3
  • D. Becker
    • 3
  • B. A. Benson
    • 4
    • 5
  • L. E. Bleem
    • 4
    • 6
  • J. E. Carlstrom
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
  • C. L. Chang
    • 4
    • 5
    • 7
  • H.-M. Cho
    • 3
  • A. T. Crites
    • 4
    • 8
  • M. A. Dobbs
    • 9
  • W. Everett
    • 2
  • N. W. Halverson
    • 2
    • 10
  • J. W. Henning
    • 2
  • G. C. Hilton
    • 3
  • W. L. Holzapfel
    • 1
  • J. Hubmayr
    • 3
  • K. D. Irwin
    • 3
  • D. Li
    • 3
  • M. Lueker
    • 11
  • J. J. McMahon
    • 12
  • J. Mehl
    • 4
    • 5
  • J. Montgomery
    • 4
    • 6
  • T. Natoli
    • 4
    • 6
  • J. P. Nibarger
    • 3
  • M. D. Niemack
    • 3
  • V. Novosad
    • 13
  • J. E. Ruhl
    • 14
  • J. T. Sayre
    • 14
  • E. Shirokoff
    • 11
  • K. T. Story
    • 4
    • 6
  • G. Wang
    • 7
  • V. Yefremenko
    • 7
    • 13
  • K. W. Yoon
    • 3
  • E. Young
    • 1
  1. 1.University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUSA
  2. 2.Department of Astrophysical and Planetary SciencesUniversity of ColoradoBoulderUSA
  3. 3.NISTBoulderUSA
  4. 4.Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi InstituteThe University of ChicagoChicagoUSA
  5. 5.Enrico Fermi InstituteUniversity of ChicagoChicagoUSA
  6. 6.Department of PhysicsUniversity of ChicagoChicagoUSA
  7. 7.High Energy Physics DivisionArgonne National LaboratoryArgonneUSA
  8. 8.Department of Astronomy and AstrophysicsUniversity of ChicagoChicagoUSA
  9. 9.McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
  10. 10.Department of PhysicsUniversity of ColoradoBoulderUSA
  11. 11.California Institute of TechnologyPasadenaUSA
  12. 12.University of MichiganAnn ArborUSA
  13. 13.Materials Science DivisionArgonne National LaboratoryArgonneUSA
  14. 14.Case Western Reserve UniversityClevelandUSA

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