Use of Transition Models to Design High Performance TESs for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Spectrometer

Morgan, Kelsey M.; Becker, Dan T.; Bennett, Douglas Alan; Doriese, William B.; Gard, Johnathon D.; Irwin, Kent D.; Lee, Sang Jun; Li, Dale; Mates, John A.  B.; Pappas, Christine G.; Schmidt, Dan R.; Titus, Charles J.; Van Winkle, Dan D.; Ullom, Joel N.; Wessels, Abigail; Swetz, Daniel S.

doi:10.1109/tasc.2019.2903032

Title: Use of Transition Models to Design High Performance TESs for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Spectrometer

Abstract

We are designing an array of transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters for a soft X-ray spectrometer at the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to coincide with upgrades to the free electron laser facility. The complete spectrometer will have 1000 TES pixels with energy resolution of 0.5 eV full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) for incident energies below 1 keV while maintaining pulse decay-time constants shorter than 100 μs. In the past, TES pixels have often been designed for a particular scientific application via a combination of simple scaling relations and trial-and-error experimentation with device geometry. We have improved upon this process by using our understanding of transition physics to guide TES design. Using the two-fluid approximation of the phase-slip line model for TES resistance, we observe how the geometry and critical temperature of a TES will affect the shape of the transition. We have used these techniques to design sensors with a critical temperature of 55 mK. The best sensors achieve an energy resolution of 0.75 eV FWHM at 1.25 keV. Building upon this result, we show how the next generation of sensors can be designed to reach our goal of 0.5 eV resolution.

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^[1];

^[1]; Bennett, Douglas Alan ^[2]; Doriese, William B. ^[2]; Gard, Johnathon D. ^[1]; Irwin, Kent D. ^[3];

^[4]; Li, Dale ^[4]; Mates, John A. B. ^[1]; Pappas, Christine G. ^[1]; Schmidt, Dan R. ^[2];

^[3]; Van Winkle, Dan D. ^[4]; Ullom, Joel N. ^[1]; Wessels, Abigail ^[1]; Swetz, Daniel S. ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1528855

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 29; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1051-8223

Publisher:: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Superconducting thin films; thin film sensors; x-ray detectors

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                    Morgan, Kelsey M., Becker, Dan T., Bennett, Douglas Alan, Doriese, William B., Gard, Johnathon D., Irwin, Kent D., Lee, Sang Jun, Li, Dale, Mates, John A.  B., Pappas, Christine G., Schmidt, Dan R., Titus, Charles J., Van Winkle, Dan D., Ullom, Joel N., Wessels, Abigail, and Swetz, Daniel S. Use of Transition Models to Design High Performance TESs for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Spectrometer.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Morgan, Kelsey M., Becker, Dan T., Bennett, Douglas Alan, Doriese, William B., Gard, Johnathon D., Irwin, Kent D., Lee, Sang Jun, Li, Dale, Mates, John A.  B., Pappas, Christine G., Schmidt, Dan R., Titus, Charles J., Van Winkle, Dan D., Ullom, Joel N., Wessels, Abigail, & Swetz, Daniel S. Use of Transition Models to Design High Performance TESs for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Spectrometer.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2019.2903032

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                    Morgan, Kelsey M., Becker, Dan T., Bennett, Douglas Alan, Doriese, William B., Gard, Johnathon D., Irwin, Kent D., Lee, Sang Jun, Li, Dale, Mates, John A.  B., Pappas, Christine G., Schmidt, Dan R., Titus, Charles J., Van Winkle, Dan D., Ullom, Joel N., Wessels, Abigail, and Swetz, Daniel S. Mon .  
"Use of Transition Models to Design High Performance TESs for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Spectrometer".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2019.2903032.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1528855.

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@article{osti_1528855,

  title        = {Use of Transition Models to Design High Performance TESs for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Spectrometer},

  author       = {Morgan, Kelsey M. and Becker, Dan T. and Bennett, Douglas Alan and Doriese, William B. and Gard, Johnathon D. and Irwin, Kent D. and Lee, Sang Jun and Li, Dale and Mates, John A.  B. and Pappas, Christine G. and Schmidt, Dan R. and Titus, Charles J. and Van Winkle, Dan D. and Ullom, Joel N. and Wessels, Abigail and Swetz, Daniel S.},

  abstractNote = {We are designing an array of transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters for a soft X-ray spectrometer at the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to coincide with upgrades to the free electron laser facility. The complete spectrometer will have 1000 TES pixels with energy resolution of 0.5 eV full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) for incident energies below 1 keV while maintaining pulse decay-time constants shorter than 100 μs. In the past, TES pixels have often been designed for a particular scientific application via a combination of simple scaling relations and trial-and-error experimentation with device geometry. We have improved upon this process by using our understanding of transition physics to guide TES design. Using the two-fluid approximation of the phase-slip line model for TES resistance, we observe how the geometry and critical temperature of a TES will affect the shape of the transition. We have used these techniques to design sensors with a critical temperature of 55 mK. The best sensors achieve an energy resolution of 0.75 eV FWHM at 1.25 keV. Building upon this result, we show how the next generation of sensors can be designed to reach our goal of 0.5 eV resolution.},

  doi          = {10.1109/tasc.2019.2903032},

  journal      = {IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 29,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2019},

  month        = {Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2019}

}

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