Nanobolometer with ultralow noise equivalent power

Kokkoniemi, Roope; Govenius, Joonas; Vesterinen, Visa; Lake, Russell E.; Gunyhó, András M.; Tan, Kuan Y.; Simbierowicz, Slawomir; Grönberg, Leif; Lehtinen, Janne; Prunnila, Mika; Hassel, Juha; Lamminen, Antti; Saira, Olli-Pentti; Möttönen, Mikko

doi:10.1038/s42005-019-0225-6

Title: Nanobolometer with ultralow noise equivalent power

Journal Article · Fri Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Communications Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0225-6· OSTI ID:1580262

^[1]; Govenius, Joonas ^[1];

^[2]; Lake, Russell E. ^[3]; Gunyhó, András M. ^[1]; Tan, Kuan Y. ^[1]; Simbierowicz, Slawomir ^[2]; Grönberg, Leif ^[2]; Lehtinen, Janne ^[2];

^[2]; Hassel, Juha ^[2]; Lamminen, Antti ^[2]; Saira, Olli-Pentti ^[4];

^[2]

Aalto Univ. (Finland)
Aalto Univ. (Finland); VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, QTF Centre of Excellence (Finland)
Aalto Univ. (Finland); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Since the introduction of bolometers more than a century ago, they have been used in various applications ranging from chemical sensors, consumer electronics, and security to particle physics and astronomy. However, faster bolometers with lower noise are of great interest from the fundamental point of view and to find new use-cases for this versatile concept. We demonstrate a nanobolometer that exhibits roughly an order of magnitude lower noise equivalent power, 20 zW=pHz, than previously reported for any bolometer. Importantly, it is more than an order of magnitude faster than other low-noise bolometers, with a time con- stant of 30 μs at 60 zW=pHz. These results suggest a calorimetric energy resolution of 0.3 zJ = h × 0.4 THz with a time constant of 30 μs. Further development of this nanobolometer may render it a promising candidate for future applications requiring extremely low noise and high speed such as those in quantum technology and terahertz photon counting.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (SC-21); European Research Council (ERC); European Commission (EC); Academy of Finland Centers of Excellence Program; Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä Foundation; Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation; Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation; Finnish Cultural Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; 681311; 727305; 766853; 820505; 314447; 314449; 276528; 305237; 308161; 314302

OSTI ID:: 1580262

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1601337

Report Number(s):: BNL-212425-2019-JAAM; BNL-212424-2019-JAAM; TRN: US2102172

Journal Information:: Communications Physics, Vol. 2, Issue 1; ISSN 2399-3650

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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