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Title: Optimization of Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations With the South Pole Telescope

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the optimization of transition-edge-sensor (TES) detector arrays for the third-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope. The camera, which contains ~16 000 detectors, will make high-angular-resolution maps of the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background. Our key results are scatter in the transition temperature of Ti/Au TESs is reduced by fabricating the TESs on a thin Ti(5 nm)/Au(5 nm) buffer layer and the thermal conductivity of the legs that support our detector islands is dominated by the SiOx dielectric in the microstrip transmission lines that run along the legs.

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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); Canada Research Chairs Program
OSTI Identifier:
1352724
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1347708; OSTI ID: 1352725; OSTI ID: 1458493; OSTI ID: 1767026
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-17-706-AE
Journal ID: ISSN 1051-8223; 7784774
Grant/Contract Number:  
PLR-1248097; AC02-06CH11357; PHY-1125897; GBMF 947; AST-0956135; AC02-76SF00515; AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; south pole telescope; transition edge sensors; superconducting detectors; bolometers; cosmic microwave background

Citation Formats

Ding, Junjia, Ade, P. A. R., Anderson, A. J., Avva, J., Ahmed, Z., Arnold, K., Austermann, J. E., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Byrum, K., Carlstrom, J. E., Carter, F. W., Chang, C. L., Cho, H. M., Cliche, J. F., Cukierman, A., Czaplewski, D., Divan, R., de Haan, T., Dobbs, M. A., Dutcher, D., Everett, W., Gilbert, A., Gannon, R., Guyser, R., Halverson, N. W., Harrington, N. L., Hattori, K., Henning, J. W., Hilton, G. C., Holzapfel, W. L., Hubmayr, J., Huang, N., Irwin, K. D., Jeong, O., Khaire, T., Kubik, D., Kuo, C. L., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Meyer, S. S., Miller, C. S., Montgomery, J., Nadolski, A., Natoli, T., Nguyen, H., Novosad, V., Padin, S., Pan, Z., Pearson, J., Posada, C. M., Rahlin, A., Reichardt, C. L., Ruhl, J. E., Saliwanchik, B. R., Sayre, J. T., Shariff, J. A., Shirley, I., Shirokoff, E., Smecher, G., Sobrin, J., Stan, L., Stark, A. A., Story, K., Suzuki, A., Tang, Q. Y., Thakur, R. B., Thompson, K. L., Tucker, C., Vanderlinde, K., Vieira, J. D., Wang, G., Whitehorn, N., Wu, W. L. K., Yefremenko, V., and Yoon, K. W. Optimization of Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations With the South Pole Telescope. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2639378.
Ding, Junjia, Ade, P. A. R., Anderson, A. J., Avva, J., Ahmed, Z., Arnold, K., Austermann, J. E., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Byrum, K., Carlstrom, J. E., Carter, F. W., Chang, C. L., Cho, H. M., Cliche, J. F., Cukierman, A., Czaplewski, D., Divan, R., de Haan, T., Dobbs, M. A., Dutcher, D., Everett, W., Gilbert, A., Gannon, R., Guyser, R., Halverson, N. W., Harrington, N. L., Hattori, K., Henning, J. W., Hilton, G. C., Holzapfel, W. L., Hubmayr, J., Huang, N., Irwin, K. D., Jeong, O., Khaire, T., Kubik, D., Kuo, C. L., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Meyer, S. S., Miller, C. S., Montgomery, J., Nadolski, A., Natoli, T., Nguyen, H., Novosad, V., Padin, S., Pan, Z., Pearson, J., Posada, C. M., Rahlin, A., Reichardt, C. L., Ruhl, J. E., Saliwanchik, B. R., Sayre, J. T., Shariff, J. A., Shirley, I., Shirokoff, E., Smecher, G., Sobrin, J., Stan, L., Stark, A. A., Story, K., Suzuki, A., Tang, Q. Y., Thakur, R. B., Thompson, K. L., Tucker, C., Vanderlinde, K., Vieira, J. D., Wang, G., Whitehorn, N., Wu, W. L. K., Yefremenko, V., & Yoon, K. W. Optimization of Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations With the South Pole Telescope. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2016.2639378
Ding, Junjia, Ade, P. A. R., Anderson, A. J., Avva, J., Ahmed, Z., Arnold, K., Austermann, J. E., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Byrum, K., Carlstrom, J. E., Carter, F. W., Chang, C. L., Cho, H. M., Cliche, J. F., Cukierman, A., Czaplewski, D., Divan, R., de Haan, T., Dobbs, M. A., Dutcher, D., Everett, W., Gilbert, A., Gannon, R., Guyser, R., Halverson, N. W., Harrington, N. L., Hattori, K., Henning, J. W., Hilton, G. C., Holzapfel, W. L., Hubmayr, J., Huang, N., Irwin, K. D., Jeong, O., Khaire, T., Kubik, D., Kuo, C. L., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Meyer, S. S., Miller, C. S., Montgomery, J., Nadolski, A., Natoli, T., Nguyen, H., Novosad, V., Padin, S., Pan, Z., Pearson, J., Posada, C. M., Rahlin, A., Reichardt, C. L., Ruhl, J. E., Saliwanchik, B. R., Sayre, J. T., Shariff, J. A., Shirley, I., Shirokoff, E., Smecher, G., Sobrin, J., Stan, L., Stark, A. A., Story, K., Suzuki, A., Tang, Q. Y., Thakur, R. B., Thompson, K. L., Tucker, C., Vanderlinde, K., Vieira, J. D., Wang, G., Whitehorn, N., Wu, W. L. K., Yefremenko, V., and Yoon, K. W. Thu . "Optimization of Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations With the South Pole Telescope". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2016.2639378.
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title = {Optimization of Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations With the South Pole Telescope},
author = {Ding, Junjia and Ade, P. A. R. and Anderson, A. J. and Avva, J. and Ahmed, Z. and Arnold, K. and Austermann, J. E. and Bender, A. N. and Benson, B. A. and Bleem, L. E. and Byrum, K. and Carlstrom, J. E. and Carter, F. W. and Chang, C. L. and Cho, H. M. and Cliche, J. F. and Cukierman, A. and Czaplewski, D. and Divan, R. and de Haan, T. and Dobbs, M. A. and Dutcher, D. and Everett, W. and Gilbert, A. and Gannon, R. and Guyser, R. and Halverson, N. W. and Harrington, N. L. and Hattori, K. and Henning, J. W. and Hilton, G. C. and Holzapfel, W. L. and Hubmayr, J. and Huang, N. and Irwin, K. D. and Jeong, O. and Khaire, T. and Kubik, D. and Kuo, C. L. and Lee, A. T. and Leitch, E. M. and Meyer, S. S. and Miller, C. S. and Montgomery, J. and Nadolski, A. and Natoli, T. and Nguyen, H. and Novosad, V. and Padin, S. and Pan, Z. and Pearson, J. and Posada, C. M. and Rahlin, A. and Reichardt, C. L. and Ruhl, J. E. and Saliwanchik, B. R. and Sayre, J. T. and Shariff, J. A. and Shirley, I. and Shirokoff, E. and Smecher, G. and Sobrin, J. and Stan, L. and Stark, A. A. and Story, K. and Suzuki, A. and Tang, Q. Y. and Thakur, R. B. and Thompson, K. L. and Tucker, C. and Vanderlinde, K. and Vieira, J. D. and Wang, G. and Whitehorn, N. and Wu, W. L. K. and Yefremenko, V. and Yoon, K. W.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we describe the optimization of transition-edge-sensor (TES) detector arrays for the third-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope. The camera, which contains ~16 000 detectors, will make high-angular-resolution maps of the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background. Our key results are scatter in the transition temperature of Ti/Au TESs is reduced by fabricating the TESs on a thin Ti(5 nm)/Au(5 nm) buffer layer and the thermal conductivity of the legs that support our detector islands is dominated by the SiOx dielectric in the microstrip transmission lines that run along the legs.},
doi = {10.1109/TASC.2016.2639378},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity},
number = 4,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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