Development of arrays of transition edge sensors for application in X-ray astronomy

Marcel P. Bruijn; Wouter M. Bergmann Tiest; Henk F.C. Hoevers; Eric Krouwer; Jan van der Kuur; Marcel L. Ridder; Z. Moktadir; Remco J. Wiegerink; Dick van Gelder; Michael Curt Elwenspoek

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.019

Development of arrays of transition edge sensors for application in X-ray astronomy

Marcel P. Bruijn
, Wouter M. Bergmann Tiest
, Henk F.C. Hoevers
, Eric Krouwer
, Jan van der Kuur
, Marcel L. Ridder
, Z. Moktadir
, Remco J. Wiegerink
, Dick van Gelder
, Michael Curt Elwenspoek

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Abstract

The development of an array of voltage biased superconducting transition edge microcalorimeters is described. This work is directed to an application in future X-ray Astronomy missions, such as Constellation-X (USA) and the X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy Mission (XEUS, Europe). After several years of very successful development of single pixel microcalorimeters (SRON showed a record energy resolution ΔEFWHM = 3.9 eV for 5.9 keV photons, combined with an effective time constant of 150 μs and high X-ray absorption efficiency (94%)) work towards an array of 32 × 32 pixels has started. Aiming at a prototype of 5 × 5 pixels, several options for fabrication, using micromachining techniques are under study, both experimentally and theoretically. Measurement of thermal transport in detector support structures at sub-Kelvin temperatures indicates ballistic phonon transport. The detector development is accompanied by finite element modeling.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of PSD6 Conference
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	143-146
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.019
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	PSD6 Conference: Proceedings of PSD6 Conference - Leicester, UK Duration: 9 Sept 2002 → 13 Sept 2002

Publication series

Name
Publisher	Elsevier Science
Number	1-2
Volume	513
ISSN (Print)	0168-9002

Conference

Conference	PSD6 Conference
City	Leicester, UK
Period	9/09/02 → 13/09/02

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Keywords

X-ray detector
X-ray astronomy
Cryogenic sensor
Imaging array
Microcalorimeter
Micro machining
XEUS
METIS-207748
EWI-12261
TST-SENSORS
IR-64716

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