TES-Based X-ray Microcalorimeter Performances Under AC Bias and FDM for Athena

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作者
Akamatsu, H. [1 ]
Gottardi, L. [1 ]
de Vries, C. P. [1 ]
Adams, J. S. [2 ]
Bandler, S. R. [2 ]
Bruijn, M. P. [1 ]
Chervenak, J. A. [2 ]
Eckart, M. E. [2 ]
Finkbeiner, F. M. [2 ]
Gao, J. R. [1 ]
den Herder, J. -W. [1 ]
den Hartog, R. [1 ]
Hoevers, H. [1 ]
Kelley, R. E. [2 ]
Khosropanah, P. [1 ]
Kilbourne, C. A. [2 ]
van der Kuur, J. [1 ]
Lee, S. -J. [2 ]
van den Linden, A. J. [1 ]
Porter, F. S. [2 ]
Ravensberg, K. [1 ]
Sadleir, J. E. [2 ]
Smith, S. J. [2 ]
Suzuki, T. [1 ]
Wassell, E. J. [2 ]
Kiviranta, M. [3 ]
机构
[1] SRON Netherlands Inst Space Res, Sorbonnelaan 2, NL-3584 CA Utrecht, Netherlands
[2] NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[3] VTT, Espoo, Finland
关键词
Transition edge sensors; X-ray microcalorimeter; Frequency domain multiplexing; Athena; READ-OUT;
D O I
10.1007/s10909-016-1525-9
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Athena is a European X-ray observatory, scheduled for launch in 2028. Athena will employ a high-resolution imaging spectrometer called X-ray integral field unit (X-IFU), consisting of an array of 4000 transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter pixels. For the readout of X-IFU, we are developing frequency domain multiplexing, which is the baseline readout system. In this paper, we report on the performance of a TES X-ray calorimeter array fabricated at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) at MHz frequencies for the baseline of X-IFU detector. During single-pixel AC bias characterization, we measured X-ray energy resolutions (at 6 keV) of about 2.9 eV at both 2.3 and 3.7 MHz. Furthermore, in the multiplexing mode, we measured X-ray energy resolutions of about 2.9 eV at 1.3 and 1.7 MHz.
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页码:436 / 442
页数:7
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