Eliminating the non-Gaussian spectral response of X-ray absorbers for transition-edge sensors

Divan, Ralu; Gades, Lisa M.; Kenesei, Peter; Madden, Timothy J.; Miceli, Antonino; Park, Jun-Sang; Patel, Umeshkumar M.; Quaranta, Orlando; Sharma, Hemant; Bennett, Douglas A.; Doriese, William B.; Fowler, Joseph W.; Gard, Johnathon D.; Hays-Wehle, James P.; Morgan, Kelsey M.; Schmidt, Daniel R.; Swetz, Daniel S.; Ullom, Joel N.

doi:10.1063/1.5001198

Eliminating the non-Gaussian spectral response of X-ray absorbers for transition-edge sensors

Journal Article · Tue Nov 07 23:00:00 EST 2017 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001198· OSTI ID:1412693

Divan, Ralu ^[1]; Gades, Lisa M. ^[2]; Kenesei, Peter ^[2]; Madden, Timothy J. ^[2]; Miceli, Antonino ^[2]; Park, Jun-Sang ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[1]; Sharma, Hemant ^[2]; ^[3]; Doriese, William B. ^[3]; Fowler, Joseph W. ^[3]; Gard, Johnathon D. ^[4]; Hays-Wehle, James P. ^[3]; ^[4]; Schmidt, Daniel R. ^[3]; ^[3]; Ullom, Joel N. ^[4]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Transition-edge sensors (TESs) as microcalorimeters for high-energy-resolution X-ray spectroscopy are often fabricated with an absorber made of materials with high Z (for X-ray stopping power) and low heat capacity (for high resolving power). Bismuth represents one of the most compelling options. TESs with evaporated bismuth absorbers have shown spectra with undesirable and unexplained low-energy tails. We have developed TESs with electroplated bismuth absorbers over a gold layer that are not afflicted by this problem and that retain the other positive aspects of this material. To better understand these phenomena, we have studied a series of TESs with gold, gold/evaporated bismuth, and gold/electroplated bismuth absorbers, fabricated on the same die with identical thermal coupling. Lastly, we show that the bismuth morphology is linked to the spectral response of X-ray TES microcalorimeters.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1412693

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1408056

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 111; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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